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• Re: air cooled flooding
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:40:11 -0800
  ...it to run almost good, > until it runs out of gas. connecting the pump causes immediate flooding. i > have a bently and ran the...
• Re: Changes to a '90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:47:56 -0700
  ...The pipe connecting to the muffler was really stressed by the muffler hanging from it. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: OlRivrRat [mailto:OlRivrRat@comcast.net...
• Re: Why no bolt-on HP upgrades to the 2.1 WBX?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 25 May 2012 23:54:16 -0700
  ...2.1 WBX, disregarding coolant jacket to head seal issues and connecting rod stretch bolts issues exacerbated by heat, etc., I think the WBX...
• Re: Removing rear heater (Putting copper in coolant line)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 19:27:47 EDT
  Eric; If I understand your post correctly you do NOT have a heater but a copper pipe connecting the two hoses together. If this...
• Re: Tough driving
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:44:15 -0700
  ...The highest point in >Florida is the top of the bridge connecting Tampa-St. Pete. > >Bill -- Southeast Arizona -- www.freeholder.com
• Re: [WetWesties] VW Van & Camping Stuff For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:21:29 -0600
  ...We can crack some walnuts with Type IV connecting rods and I'll show you how my dog catches flying clutch disks in the...
• Re: LP regulator question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 06:19:28 -0500
  Connecting two propane tanks together after the regulators is definatley the wrong way to go. The problem is if the two regulators are not...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 15 Sep 2021 21:01:04 -0700
  ...As I touched the valve and > connecting hose more coolant was starting to collect and drip down - not to > my liking - and the system...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 19:26:22 -0400
  ...My suggestion was to somehow maintain the connection of the red wire while preventing the red/black from connecting through into the FI harness...
• Re: camp stoves outside but connected
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 3 Sep 2013 12:43:39 -0500
  ...Dave ---- Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > When I camp, I have a 12' by 10' tarp connecting the van to a 12' by...
• Re: Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:45:12 -0700
  ...Turn the ignition switch to the start position, > the relay closes, connecting the starter and the battery. As soon as the > engine starts, the...
• Re: Dead? Blue/black smoke, no ext. oil leak, runs bad
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:32:29 -0400
  ...I have also had something similar happen when the AFM fell out of the rubber elbow connecting to the inlet manifold. John Lauterbach Macon...
• Re: Slider won't open - update
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:09:46 -0700
  ...remove the inside panel on the slider & discovered that the wire connecting the handle to the lock release had broke very close to the...
• Re: Difference between CA catalytic converter and non-CA catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:20:32 -0700
  ...Anyway he said it had to > be replaced by another CA cat otherwise some other piping had to be changed > because the connecting pipes...
• ? on fuel pump/filter/lines
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:58:27 -0400
  ...wetness in the area of the fuel pump and on the connecting lines close to it. The plastic cube filter seems pretty fresh and...
• Continued Coolant Grief
  Historical mailing list - Colin Stanfield
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:46:50 -0400
  ...There's a rubber hose maybe 1 1/2 diameter 4" long which is connecting two coolant pipes just below the alternator and oil...
• Re: Starter Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Tue, 6 May 2003 12:17:42 -0400
  Hey Mike, We're talking about the same one, right? The thick copper grounding cable thats, oh, about 8 inches long - connecting the auto...
• Re: Shoulder Belts
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:25:51 -0800
  ...It involved connecting the harness to the closet area. >I'm > looking for those great directions and VW part numbers that I should have...
• Re: Mystery battery drain solved!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 10 May 2005 20:53:26 -0600
  ...I > could hear a relay click under the drivers seat when connecting the > battery if the short was there). That night I had to...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery! (UPDATE!)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 10:51:41 -0700
  ...Do you see a non stock looking #10 or #12 wire with an inline fuse holder connecting to an empty fuse spot? Does a...
• Re: Foldable Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:05:00 -0700
  ...Controller on folding solar panel kits > > There should be no problem connecting a second controller to your > battery. But don't run the new...
• Re: '84 Coolant pipes question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:56:08 -0700
  ...and rebuilt the rear halves only, Connecting the halves with good hose. that way you can always work on the rear halves without removing...
• Re: WTB: 2.1L throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:51:14 -0800
  ...a HUGE > hole in the top of the engine where two connecting rods had forced their > way to freedom. In the process they did...
• Re: Head advice
  Historical mailing list - Peter's Email
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:15:01 -1000
  ...I think I stuffed some rags below >them. >The really hard part is to get the pistons off the connecting rods. I >removed the...
• Re: Faucet install tips wanted
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 8 Aug 2013 08:20:11 -0400
  ...What is the process for connecting the wires? > > Also, I've read that people had trouble with the hoses being removed and > getting them...
• Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:43:56 -0800
  ...That got me motivated to start connecting the squirters in my Doka. The plumbing is a no brainer. Hoses just 'T' together. The wiring...
• Re: 1985 westphalia --- electric water pump failure
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:14:39 -0700
  ...The pump has two spade connectors connecting into a clearish connector. Carefully unhook the pump wires from the connector. Useing your voltmeter or test...
• Re: I tuned the 82 and now NO GO, help wanted
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 11:16:54 -0400
  ...Why are you connecting the dwell meter to #1 spark plug wire? Dwell is the coil "on" time and deals only with coil KL...
• Re: 112HP @ 4800RPM on a stock WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:27:37 EST
  ...What's different about the DJ engine from the MV? Is it just pistons and longer connecting rods or are there other differences as...
• Re: Voltage regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:51:01 -0400
  ...to me that the contacts in the voltage regulator have fused > connecting the battery and the alternator at all times, so I disconnected > the...
• Re: Friday topic: what is your favorite low (or no) dollar modification?
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:30:59 -0600
  i've read some really good ideas from this post! i think that the ditching the sink faucet and adding a longer connecting hose...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:25:47 -0500
  ...Along with the new P/C's I also installed new driveshaft, connecting rods and cam (and new lifters). What might your wisdom conject...
• Re: Cheap TPMS ( tire pressure monitor) quick review
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:25:02 -0800
  ...The unsightly hack would be connecting via USB cable for power Alistair > On Feb 14, 2020, at 7:05 PM, Richard Smith <smirby@gmail...
• Re: CONFUSION
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:42:50 -0500
  ...The only heavy wire is the one connecting starter to the main battery. In my set up the aux. battery is connected to main...
• 5000 BTU propane fueled catalytic space heater offered, first $75 owns it.
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:28:14 -0600
  ...be fueled by disposable cylinders if you get the adapter, by connecting into an RV propane system, or run on a barbecue sized tank...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 31 Aug 2000 - Special issue (#2000-28)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 06:35:17 EDT
  ...The rest of the process was a piece of cake ! AND, the hoses connecting to the thermostat housing all seemed to be all in...
• Re: Bus Depot Rebuilt 2.1L - opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:22:45 -0700
  ...Had to have it rebuilt by Northwest Connecting Rod here in Seattle. It was past the warranty (installed over 12 months previous but it...
• Bad "New" Thermoswitch
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:03:56 -0600
  ...You can check the high speed by connecting the ohm meter on the two outer terminals and raising the temp of the water to...
• Re: Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:43:34 -0700
  ...small hose at the other end of the 'C' shaped tube connecting the water pump to the heat exchanger. It's pretty much a...
• Re: Mobile phone in a Westy?!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 19:55:26 -0500
  ...by John (= >Blue Eyes) does anybody have a good way of connecting a laptop to a cell = >phone? I'm going to need to...
• Re: How to measure piston length??
  Historical mailing list - al brase
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:45:10 -0600
  ...engines I'm rebuilding back > together I determined the long/short connecting rods by putting 3 at a > time on a piston pin and...
• Re: A Tie-rods question(s)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:45:45 -0500
  You can just mark your tie rods (paint) and unscrew the tie rod ends leaving the connecting rod loose. Slip your new boot over...
• Re: Subie ENgine Pull Help Needed
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 10:38:31 -0700
  ...The engine is chained to a hoist, the trans is > supported by a floor jack, all 4 bolts connecting the two are out, > everything...
• Re: orphan wire behind fuse panel
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:49:49 -0700
  ...wait, hold the phone, another blue/green shows as connecting to C11 on back of fuse panel, but no, C11 is a round prong...
• Faucet hose connections
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:35:46 -0400
  ...I am getting some leakage and I think it is from one of the hoses connecting to the faucet. I do not think it...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:41:17 -0700
  ...spark plugs, ignition parts, fuel pumps, radiators, window winding handles, crankshafts, connecting rods, ball joints, tie- rod ends, instrument clusters, ignition switches, brake drums...
• Re: DRY first cylinder - why?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 14:28:03 -0600
  ...The journal enables oil to flow to the connecting rod. The pressure of the oil forces oil between the rod and the crank, and...
• Re: New Muffler, how hard is that?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:38:30 -0400
  ...that means that you will drop the muffler cat and connecting pipe together as a unit. then undo the other bolts once is on...
• Re: Largest diameter... failures in politics.
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:19:54 -0800
  ...people warning about the premature push into EV, even without considering connecting to the internet. No need to rehash that here. Let's just...
• Have I damaged my control unit?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 6 Aug 2006 04:02:50 EDT
  ...BUT the question is, what damage did I do by connecting the voltmeter to 86 on adapter C with the control unit still connected...
• Re: Fwd: Boston Bob on Connecting Rod Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:46:28 -0700
  I did not send my rods to Bob before he passed. Since the business has passed into other hands, the rebuuilding of rods as...
• Rod journal size for a 2.0l?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:01:03 -0800
  ...I thought I'd practice by measuring the diameter of a connecting rod journal on one of the cranks on my bench. I got...
• want to buy a distributor and parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Seth Bruggeman
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:38:00 -0800
  ...four piston rods; only one with bolts connecting two halves of rod 6. complete a/c bracket--both halves with all mounting hardware (this...
• Re: Coolant Bleed Success Yesterday...Today...'85 Surging Idle.AHH!
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 15:43:16 -0400
  ...There are some very small vacuum lines....I think three of them? or maybe one larger diameter one, leading to this central connecting thing...
• Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 27 May 2011 10:32:48 -0500
  ...Jim On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Rocket J Squirrel < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > tencentlife's adapter kit for connecting...
• Re: Rubber elbow connecting filler neck and gas tank
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 03 Jul 1996 22:23:52 -0400
  At 12:31 AM 7/4/96 -0500, BusBoys@aol.com wrote: >Glen Buhlman writes: > >>We tried BusBoys today and they had the rubber...
• Re: Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:00:53 -0800
  ...on the positive lead. > > Likewise, attach the ground terminal last when connecting up a battery. All > this assumes a negative ground system, which all...
• Re: 1.9L WBX to 2.1L WBX -
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:46:36 -0800
  ...machine shop will have to grind a bit off of the >> connecting rods (then ensure they are balanced) so they don't hit the...
• Why I tell people they should purchase a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 4 Jul 2016 15:14:59 -0400
  ...He taught me how to start the van with the screw driver connecting the terminals and I was able to get home. A friend...
• Re: Head Temperature gauge wiring sensitive?
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 11:19:39 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Maybe I'll look underneath again - > connecting it from there would shorten it up quite a ways.) Yes, same experience. I don't think...