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• Re: De-chromify windows?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 18 May 2008 21:04:40 -0700
  I pulled all of the chrome molding off of my 84 and had no leaks, except the windshield seal. Not sure whether it was...
• Re: Engine Won't Start...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:07:32 -0700
  ...I pulled > the wires off the starter and cleaned them up really well and pulled the > starter and did the same. This was all...
• Re: Fuel Leak-Yikes!!
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 5 May 2010 07:30:35 -0700
  ...After hitting the road > for about > 1/2 mile yesterday, I smelled gas and pulled over. With engine > running, I > could SEE gas dripping...
• Re: removing battery
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:12:20 -0800
  ...to slip in next to the battery on either side and pull it out. Worked well, and I just stuck them in my tool...
• Re: Eurospec question
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 23:01:45 -0400
  ...The stamped pulley that turns my water pump and alternator is not a balancer. Furthermore, the harmonic balancer on my Audi has belt grooves...
• Re: Diesel Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 09:51:28 EST
  ...Scott offered a single belt conversion that included a new pump, pulley, solid crank pulley, different alternator pulley, and new single belt. He did...
• Re: Do I have to rewire for programmable intermittent wipers?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 19 May 2002 10:09:17 -0700
  ...If the new relay does not fit in the place of the old relay, then perhaps you pulled the wrong relay? Todd '88 Westy...
• Transmission Oil Seal replacement questions (followup)
  Historical mailing list - Buffy & Philip Simmons
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:24:17 -0700
  ...If I do not pull the tranny now, how much work is it to pull the tranny later, leaving the engine in place (or...
• Re: refrigerator question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:54:00 -0400
  ...Time to pull out the refrigerator and clean it up? Did the dust we drove through contribute to this failure? We did not have...
• Re: Floppy side mirror
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 May 2000 03:20:15 -0400
  At 02:49 5/24/2000, Jimmy Sanby wrote: >the hex shaft that the nut was on was pulling out of the plastic housing...
• Re: Cleaning around the damn grate on the stove top
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:38:58 EDT
  ...Reinstall it by hooking the back leg in it's hole, pull forward on the frt leg and drop it in the hole. Hope...
• Part Needed - Pulley ZVW 234-217
  Historical mailing list - Dead Flowers
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:37:18 +0800
  Hi, I need a good working pulley (part # ZVW 234-217). This is the one that you need when you add an air conditioner...
• Vanagon's Weakest Link
  Historical mailing list - Robin Davies
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:27:33 -0500
  My 87 is still pulling strong, but the interface between the driver and the "pull" is terrible. I'm talking about the gas pedal...
• Removing Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 05:30:00 -0800
  ...I ended up using a gear puller that I have, available at any Sears in the Craftsman area. Since they are just wipers, I...
• TWO 1.9 ltr engines for sale in Seattle - U Pull
  Historical mailing list - Hansa Leader
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 17:31:29 -0700
  ...Ill sell both motors for best offer, U pull. Located in North Seattle. also have working 4 speed and one that previous owner said...
• End of tire thread
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:26:47 -0700
  ...I pulled the tire and found a non repairable slit on the edge of the tread/sidewall interface. Found the serial number on the...
• Re: Request Help On Antenna Installation
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 16 Nov 1994 13:07:29 CST6CDT
  ...Unscrew the antenna nut and pull the antenna down into the headlight area, the grommet will pop out but don't worry. 4. Pull...
• Re: Broken bolt on torque converter
  Historical mailing list - Andy Yarnell
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:27:23 -0500
  Craig, A few months back I pulled my AT to replace the torque converter seal, and do a filter change and service. It took...
• Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:28:32 -0500
  ...Will the harness already have the wiring for the tach to work?? I havent pulled it but I will hopefully in a few days...
• Re: Towing a vanagon on a trailer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:51:37 -0800
  ...We pulled Dixie back from Oregon on a U-Haul trailer at 65-75 MPH no problem. On Feb 1, 2008 7:01 PM...
• stuck brake drum a cheap puller
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:26:51 -0800
  ...Rather than renting a fancy puller I used an old tire chain I had and bolted it around the drum. There is a way...
• Re: Horn won't stop blowing
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:59:32 -0400
  On 8/14/04 5:33 PM, "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: > My wife just pulled into the driveway after returning from a...
• Re: Weight Capacity
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:33:24 -0600
  Ever pull up next to a empty 18 wheeler at a stoplight? They still don't accelerate or stop very fast empty or loaded...
• Programmable Intermittent Wiper Relay
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:42:59 -0700
  ...The KAE relay sets the interval by setting the wiper switch to the intermittent setting, briefly pull the wiper stalk back, wait however long...
• Re: '81 Vanagon - Wind Noise Reduction
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 9 Aug 2023 10:32:16 -0400
  ...Easy enough > to pull out from the top but no way was the bottom going to pull out of the > door. I even pulled...
• Re: Waterpump replacement on '88?
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 05:04:57 PDT
  ...I had to remove the main pulley to do the waterpump job on my '85 waterboxer. Not too terrible of a job. The pulley...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:25:05 -0700
  .... "(clamp obviously on hose beforehand)" Or I had clamp on pipe, slipped pipe under pulley onto hose, then slipped on the clamp. On Mon...
• Changing the Black O Ring On a Cylnder Sleeve...
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:04:46 +0000
  I'm guessing impossible without pulling the sleeve all the off the piston. I tried it on my spare engine, on #2 (#1 sleeve...
• Re: Smacked the steering wheel and the van died
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:34:06 -0400
  At 03:54 PM 4/17/2010, Mark A Kippert wrote: >Pulled the wheel and inspected, all looks OK. As I mentioned I >pulled...
• Re: '80 Westy--Pull-n-Save, Aurora, Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:25:37 -0600
  > It's the Pull-n-Save on Peoria and 32nd. would everybody do a big favor for me? if/when you go back to...
• Re: Type IV head removal
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  26 Jul 1995 16:27:49 +1000
  ...If you are pulling the engine down it doesn't matter if the barrels separate from the case - it's a potential oil leak...
• checking oil on '90 vanagon gl
  Historical mailing list - Kari Williams
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 01:01:30 EST
  when i try to check the oil level, i pull the dip stick thing out, wipe it off, shove it back in and pull...
• rear brake renewal
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:24:17 -0700
  ...DO NOT PULL THE HUBS, pull the drums only. gary Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:57:25 -0400 From: joe lucca <joe_lucca...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:56:11 EDT
  ...Went to Pick > and Pull and took apart a sliding door locking mechanism to install on my > van. However, I don't know how...
• Re: Oil Pump Questions - Bottom "gear post" creep?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Aug 2016 18:15:42 -0400
  Using a slide hammer to pull an oil pump is a bit barbaric. This pump is the same as used on the VW air...
• Re: Coolant Pump Gently Weeping
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 1 May 2016 07:13:39 -0700
  I made a little tool for this job to keep that pulley from turning. Really only to hold one bolt against the engine mounting...
• Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:09:31 -0500
  ...when i did this it appeared that the main pulley seal was fine ( i removed the pulley and saw no oil... at least i...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:50:36 -0700
  "You should be able to use a wrench on the alternator pulley and turn the engine without the belt slipping." Ah, then it's...
• Re: What Size is AC Belt?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:33:29 -0700
  ...Belt - Crank Pulley to Idler Pulley (If equipped) VW Part Number 255 272 916 12.5 (Now 13) x1150mm Note: Superseded to 025 260...
• dometic fridge
  Historical mailing list - karen brown
  Mon, 09 Dec 1996 10:33:23 -0500
  ...Dad and I pulled the fridge this week-end (thanks for all the instrux awhile back) to investigate the hot smell. Everything looked perfect...
• Re: squeaking from alternator?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:02:45 EDT
  ...If the belt is worn, then loosen and remove the belt from the pulley of the alternator. Now try to move the pulley from...
• Re: Pilot Bearing/Outer Race Removal -- 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:11:02 -0500
  I use a blind bearing puller mounted on a slide hammer. works great later mark d In a message dated 1/11/2012 11...
• Re: More On Front Blower Motor
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:18:02 -0800
  ...I pulled the dash and put in a good used blower motor that I had. A few months later the blower motor stopped. This...
• Re: AC Ducts Repair
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:07:31 -0700
  ...I pulled down the entire center tunnel. I took the tapered duct piece above the driver and passenger's head and stuck it into...
• Re: heater control knob
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 06:06:17 EST
  ...You need to really pull, that's why they break. VW wanted to sell more heater control levers ! I have been successful in gluing...
• Re: Rust Repairs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:40:13 -0500
  ...Before having the painting done, I would consider pulling the interior and taking a drive up to Windsor, ON to Krown Rust Treatment. It...
• Re: how to pull pilot bearing on 86 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:54:30 -0700
  ...Does the flywheel have to come off to pull it? I have rented a > pilot bearing puller, but it doesn't seem to want...
• Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:46:19 -0400
  ...For check, the mark on the crank pulley should be in about the right place per the picture in Bentley. 2) Mark that position...
• Re: Wrist pin dimensions.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 May 2010 13:47:28 -0500
  ...Easy enough to take a fender washer and a long allthread that will fit into the threads in your slide puller. put the allthread...
• need hints to remove rear 73 drums
  Historical mailing list - randy johnson
  Thu, 14 Jul 94 23:14:07 EDT
  ...Muir says just take the wheel off, remove the 2 little bolts and pull the drum off and look at the brakes. My drums...
• Re: New Listee
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:23:05 -0700
  ...s or so in a white toyota pulled along > side waving frantically for me to pull over. She ran > up to my van breathless...
• Re: Eurospec question
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 18:46:41 -0600
  ...Also, I think they are actually most of the time separate from the pulley--they certainly are on the ubiquitous Chevy V8. Usually the...
• Windshield washer motor not working
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:21:59 -0500
  ...If I pull the electrical connector from the pump, the wipers work as they're supposed to when I pull the wiper switch forward...
• yellow window trim
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Thu, 10 May 2001 20:46:52 -0700
  ...the materials I used- the stuff just above the cotter pin puller is the old yellow chrome the item at the end of the...
• Mystery ring is...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Spotted Wolf
  Fri, 24 May 2002 16:12:54 -0400
  ...if you pull on it and the wire is hooked up I the back. So basically it turned out to be a switch that...
• Buses by the Beach group...clairvoiant?????
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:30:03 -0400
  Well, you all voted us "Most likely to be pulled over" - sure enough last night on my back from picking up my boy I...
• Re: oil pressure woes
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 02:03:43 -0500
  Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> writes: > I think the wrong sender may be in there under the pulley, from what > I've read...
• Re: De-chromify windows?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sat, 17 May 2008 14:35:05 -0700
  And I've just pulled mine and haven't looked back. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow...
• Fitting a Bosch AL33X alternator into a Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:09:27 -0700
  ...Luckily removing one washer from the pulley fixed this. Then I struggled for a while to get the pulley on without wobbling. Thought the...
• Re: '73 tranny trashed?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 14:12:11 -0800
  At 2:08 PM -0500 8/1/98, Harmon Seaver wrote: >I just pulled the engine on my '73 westy -- somehow the tranny main...