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• Pics of 87' Syncro Parting Out
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Thu, 4 May 2006 01:47:23 +0000
  ...I also have the engine, which was a canadian exchange unit, that is partially torn down. The components look real nice and you can...
• Re: SA (South African) Grille advice
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 05:02:23 -0400
  ...or was it one?) fittings between the outer > pins can be exchanged for the German turn-fittings. On the SA grille kits sold in...
• Re: Rear Vanagon Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:37:29 -0500
  ...there's a tiny channel to allow just enough circulation to keep the coolant in the heat exchanger from becoming stagnant and attacking the...
• Re: Need some aircooled parts
  Historical mailing list - cesar quiros
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:49:41 -0800
  ...stalls under the cylinders), and the left elbow between the > heat exchanger (California style) and the flap. > > I can probably get them from Interstate...
• Lets rip out the Air conditioner - 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - michael schiesser
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:56:30 -0400
  ...anyone want any of the parts? I think the compressor and exchanger work fine, its line leaks etc that are the problem 3. Any...
• Re: Brazil new buses. was Re: Buying a VW and picking it up at the factory in Germany:
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:07:27 -0500
  ...the dealership they were 20,000 Reals ($7,000) at todays exchange rate. I believe they are still made. The base model comes with...
• Re: Baja Whale trip, success! Video!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:15:01 -0700
  ...No problems other than one station with a bad dollar/peso exchange rate. Most stations offered something close to the official exchange rate so...
• Syncro Shocks, an update/lo
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:03:43 -0600
  ...DM243 each is $135 each @ 1.8 exchange = $270 the pair Rear spring: DM315 each is $175 each @ 1.8 exchange = $350 the pair...
• Re: Rear hatch release thoughts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:27:39 +0000
  ...discussion.  I mentioned that Ben is starting a rear hatch opener exchange program. I can’t keep up with the progress as it is...
• Re: A Short Rant
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Wed, 29 May 2013 10:34:56 -0700
  ...of stories about past road troubles, philosophy of travel and personal exchanges.� All of which provided little or no help to the gentleman seeking...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA Re: Trimming
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 20 May 2012 21:18:40 -0400
  ...with replies to posts where lots of >> text, >> sometimes for 5 exchanges , is left on ? > > Let me switch you to digest. THEN the problem...
• 87 Vanagon: weeping head summary
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 08:47:48 -0800
  ...I experimented with it on a rear heat exchanger and think it may work here if it will withstand the temperature. I'll let...
• Thank You + Weekender Epilogue
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:24:34 -0500
  ...which is handy for propping up the rear seat cushion for storage and access to the secondary heat exchanger valve. Dave Maguiness 1986 Vanagon
• Re: Used wheels, are they OK?
  Historical mailing list - Greg ZUKOWSKI
  Mon, 04 Mar 96 10:27:54 CST
  ...Just make sure you buy from a junkyard that will exchange stuff if its bad. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Used wheels, are they OK? Author...
• Re: smog stupidities
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 10:17:02 -0800
  ...It's that kind of thing that discourages a free exchange of > ideas. > I've taken all I want from this thread, and I...
• F.S. '90 Heater, Rear
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:33:42 -0800
  ...the heater, heat exchanger, valve, air distribution housing, the cover, the motor and squirrel-cage fan, and all the smaller minor parts that are...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Grove
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:31:32 -0700
  ...this it was about $3500 (not including fitting) based on an exchange with your existing 4 speed model. If you have the energy to...
• compression/vacuum/fuel pressure/O2 voltage
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:46:08 -0400
  ...0.8V with 39 psi fuel pressure at idle (vacuum disconnected)??? (exchanged AFM... No difference!) I thought I might next check the injectors for...
• Re: Attention Calif-Emissions Aircooled Vanagon Owners! - 2nd try :-)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:04:15 -0400
  ...just obtained some of the elusive left-side California-only heat exchangers. These were $400 when last available, and haven't been made for...
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 11:13:32 -0500
  The usual path for oil in the coolant is defective oil to water heat exchanger, the oil cooler above the filter. An easy fix...
• Re: Andrew Grebneff Memorial Fund - Help Requested
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 21:18:19 -0700
  ...condolences > from everyone in the VW community. > > Since then we have exchanged two emails with Kala. > > It saddens us to say "This family could...
• Dennis' and Haynes's
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 4 Aug 2017 13:07:02 +0000
  Something I noticed during the week's exchanges.  It's Friday and my Harbrace College Handbook would tell us that the possessive form of...
• Re: Rebuilt Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:57:53 -0700
  ...But, I did have to return (exchange) one of the GW units due to a sticky throttle switch. Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: The Mystery Machine Lives..but costs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 20:03:42 -0400
  ...Adding the exchange rate still doen't get near $160 each! Good Luck, Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88 GL Wolfsburg
• RE: 87 Vanagon - Antifreeze smell
  Historical mailing list - Doug Warren x2760
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 14:27:19 EDT
  ...A nice inexpensive 4-pass heat exchanger, the old one was too damn efficient anyway. We'll see how it heats the cabin this...
• WTB: left elbow from heat exchgr to tin
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:32:48 -0700
  ...This piece connects the heat exchanger to the pipe above the tin which leads to the alternater fan. I have looked at pictures from...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:28:11 -0700
  ...Oil heat exchanger fail.. more > > Reply-To: Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > > > > Sure sounds like a messy job. > > > > Did you buy that 2 year...
• Air cooled stock gas heater/exhaust heater questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 17:56:22 -0400
  ...I don't want to simply cap openings on heat exchangers, nor do I want to leave them open venting toward front of the...
• Sacrificial anode
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Feb 95 14:09:15 PST
  ...I think this has to do with the way ions are exchanged. Zinc gives up the ions more freely than stainless steel does. The...
• exhaust for stock motor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 16:13:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...It's pretty cold here in Ann Arbor, so the little tiny extra heat exchangers on the stock exhaust are looking pretty attractive. Also...
• Retrofitting AC to Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 May 1997 16:36:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ...They put the ?heat exchanger thing under the dash as opposed to up in the overhead compartment. Charging the guy over $2K for the...
• coolant distribution unit
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 15 May 1997 15:22:44 -0700
  ...This is a plastic piece with four hose connections that sends coolant to the radiator and aux heat exchanger. It sits to the front...
• New Syncro Doublecabs...
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Fri, 17 Oct 1997 02:13:34 -0700
  ...Tuesday's exchange rate to $US was .7369 -- they want $29,468 for that new Doublecab. Ouch. Fun to dream, though I think I...
• Re: New URL up and running for New German Side Tents
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 00:56:05 EST
  ...The next shipment may cost more depending upon exchange rates. I have actually had e-mail from Europe requesting that I sell them the...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:32:29 -0500
  ...Can they just be exchanged and have all the mountings line up? Scot -- On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 05:33:16 Vanagon Man wrote...
• Re: Porche engine kit available w/ syncro adapted transmission
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 May 2005 21:34:04 -0700
  ...Hooking up the heat exchangers should be a peas of cake for those handy with sheet metal. You'd then have a spiffy 83...
• Found performance brakes..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:53:04 -0800
  ...I think a bit more wheel dust and more frequent pad replacement will be a worthwhile exchange for better "panic stops" in the van...
• FRIDAY: Regulations for VW savings books
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 06:42:02 -0500
  ...No liability is assumed for payments unless they are made against the immediate exchange of savings stamps in the amount of the payment. At...
• Re: [Syncro] Hot Water Systems
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:10:58 -0400
  ...this is where the trouble >starts :) > >Why couldn't one of these systems be plumbed directly into our existing >water system. > >The heat exchanger...
• Heater Core coolant direction. 1st response was blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Nov 2021 15:55:43 +0000
  ...In other words you want the coolant entering the heat exchanger on the side the coolant is leaving. This arrangement provides the greatest temperature...
• Re: 1991 Syncro Westy for sale for $8 grand
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 8 Jul 2014 16:53:13 -0300
  ...we had a few exchanges and when the "vendor" tripped-up, I notified Kijiji to pull the advertisement. On 08-Jul-2014, at 16...
• Re: Friend in Seattle want to buy his first Westy
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:21:51 -0800
  ...and Geolandar tires, > 5k until the front heater fan and heat exchanger, > 6k until new ignition switch, > 10k until engine swap > > ....so, that's...
• Re: Warming Engine OIL
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 19:22:47 +0000
  ...If the pumps are different, is it possible to exchange them? ============================== Shawn Wright, sw@smus.bc.ca '85 Jetta TD, 348k (Jenni) '88 Westy...
• Fridge Interior Fan
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:07:41 -0500
  ...It suggested > installing a tiny electric powered fan to blow air through the cold > internal heat exchanger. <snip>
• Bentley Manual for sale
  Historical mailing list - Tony Perkins
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:19:28 EST
  ...good for several more years with a little TLC I live in southwest suburban Chicago, if you want to meet to exchange. Anybody interested?
• waves
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:33:47 -0600
  ...Another top-down Cabriolet passed in the opposite direction and we exchanged waves. That's probably the only wave my Cabriolet has ever got...
• Re: Re Cary Chiang (Let's talk about something else now)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 18:25:26 +0200
  ...The last remaining Vanagon enthusiast does NOT win a million dollars... (Plus it would take a very unique person to be able to exchange...
• Heater for a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:44:39 -0700
  ...Included is one complete working heater, plus a box of spare parts, including a complete second heat exchanger. This heater is installed UNDER the...
• Source for rebuilt 2.1lt engines?
  Historical mailing list - David Shepherdson
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:38:17 -0700
  ...Go Westy and Boston Engine Exchange both offer a variety of engines starting at about $2500 with performance upgrades available. Does anyone have any...
• Re: Car-top carrier advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:11:16 -0800
  ...Merin, Lawrence M <MerinLawrenceM@EXCHANGE.UAMS.EDU> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 6:44 AM...
• Re: Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 May 2012 23:05:41 -0400
  2.1L waterboxers and many other engines have oil coolers or heat exchangers of some sort. 1.9L vanagons should have had them. So...
• Re: Bus Depot AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Salmon
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:51:41 -0700
  ...the unit directly to the rebuilder to be bench tested (and exchanged if necessary). - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215...
• Re: vanagon difficulty
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:25:51 -0400
  ...That's >about $37,000 at current exchange rates. If it's clean, you could >reasonably expect to get $15,000 it today's...
• Pooh - First engine and suspension photographs
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 13:25:37 +0100
  ...photographs of 'work in progress' on the engine, exhaust (muffler) heat exchanges and front suspension. It needed a lot of work done before it...
• Re: p.s. rack '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mike and becky
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 22:44:10 -0400
  Yea Man $250.00 with core exchange from Ron at The Bus Depot. (plus shipping) Sure beats $800 !!!! Mike mike barker wrote: > Found out...
• Re: Radiator hoses in air cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 17:10:13 -0800
  ...In my (recently purchased) 81 Westy I found a radiator (heat exchanger)<br> behind the front grill. I traced the hoses back to the...
• AUDI V6 IN WESTY?
  Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 10:27:49 EDT
  ...92 AND UP) AS A POWER PLANT.??? I WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE MY BOXER AND I HAVE ACCESS TO THE V6 IN ANY CONFIGURATION...
• Re: Ideas about wiper problem.
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:56:53 EDT
  ...the motor with the gearhead? I have to assume that you exchanged the gearhead motor en toto. I hate to ask this, but did...
• Re: FS: Westy mini ice cube trays
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:40:40 -0500
  ...http://economics.about.com/od/exchangeratesbycountry/a/us_canadian.htm Or you can just look in the Grand Forks Target parking lot. My future...
• Re: no heat
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:57:39 -0500
  ...I have only heard the fan on my truck come on a few times so I suspect it is pretty efficient heat exchanger . Ken...