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  • Re: I-4 conversion general info
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:07:43 -0700
    ...Techtonics >Tuning, a VW specific parts place in Oregon has lots of parts for >the inline VW motors and lots of specialized knowledge concerning...
  • Re: '82-2.0 teardown. help me find the knocking please
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Tue, 2 Jun 2009 07:07:05 -0700
    Don, the inline 4 cyl VW engine conversions have been discussed here forever, 12 years at least. They are far from the trouble free...
  • Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Wed, 2 Jan 2002 11:27:24 EST
    ...He also sells the kits to install the Audi 5000 inline-5 engines. If you want to save some bucks on doing this pretty...
  • Re: KEP Plate Remove Transmission
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:19:59 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >>> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >>> >> > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http...
  • Re: Replace Heads or Engine?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:45:22 -0800
    ...The inline gas VW motors seem to be right there at under $500 with low miles and all the parts still attached. $300 seems...
  • Re: Digifant question...fuel pump effect?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:07:19 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
  • Re: Dometic Intake & Exhaust Gaskets: Use Hi Temp RTV?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 8 Aug 2010 19:13:46 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > > -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http...
  • Re: Unique Westy
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 8 Oct 2014 00:44:59 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
  • Inside a 1985 2WD Speedometer PICS
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:25:01 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine...
  • Re: A/C duct work "improvements"
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:01:13 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine...
  • Friday: Pics of old VW's in Berlin
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:47:22 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine...
  • Re: AAZ diesel conversion
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:23:52 -0700
    ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Buddy Wants a Vanagon Camper
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:27:07 -0700
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:27:09 -0800
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: very cool van
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 1 Dec 2010 16:51:19 -0800
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Build Your Own Solar Panel
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:15:35 -0700
    ...Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas...
  • Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:52:42 -0700
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:01:27 -0700
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Product to Repair Cluster Foil?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:23:24 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie...
  • Re: Happy Birthday to a Vanagon man
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:50:12 -0700
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Carfax request apology and thanks
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:55:35 -0700
    ...Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas...
  • Mexican Connection
    Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
    Sat, 21 Mar 1998 22:26:41 -0500
    This web site shows a bus with an inline motor(longitudinal) with displacement of 1781 cm^3, the exact displacement of the golf/rabbit...
  • Re: Mexican Connection
    Historical mailing list - David Bayer
    Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:36:48 -0800
    ...Thus one can mount a VW inline 4 at either 0 degree or a golf/jetta stock tilt of 15 degrees. Assuming that the...
  • Re: BA6 Info - question?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:03:43 -0600
    ...from? Now I understand > that the air cooled vehicle, it was inline with the existing heater > tube, but what about the water cooled deisels...
  • Re: help. subaru instalation
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Fri, 4 Apr 2003 22:39:37 -0500
    Tell him to forget it. Inline 4cly. Vw engine is the way to go. I'll be glad to talk with him. Eric 86...
  • Re: Westy Shelf Tip & question
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:48:46 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
  • Febi Steering Shaft Coupler Quality? (searched)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:47:47 -0800
    ...81 JettaWesty "Jaco http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: some observations on the power of an inline VW 1.8 liter (Rabbit, Golf, Jetta) gas..
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:11:00 -0500
    Hi Don, We had a 1985 Cabriolet from Jan 07 to August 09, with a 90HP CIS-FI inline engine. Ours was a 3...
  • Re: Subject: What about replacing Vanagon engines with more fuel efficient ones? (long answer)
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:17:40 -0700
    ...I'd seen, occasionally, a very few write-ups on transplanting a gasoline inline four VW motor into the Vanagon, in the same configuration...
  • Re: Oil filter question
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:58:49 -0800
    ...valve in it or >> > something? >> > >> > For complete disclosure...I have an inline VW motor, gas. Mounted as >> > a >> > diesel at 50degrees. I kept the...
  • Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:20:54 -0800
    ...When I had that system on my inline gas motor it was the very hardest part of working on that motor....The "C" clips...
  • Re: A new project..inline 4 VW van
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Sun, 6 Jun 2010 03:23:38 -0400
    ...A new project..inline 4 VW van I have a good running 84 van with a 92 Jetta/Golf/Rabbit 1.8 liter motor...
  • Re: Engine Swap Opinions
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:48:12 -0700
    Installing an inline four is NOT for everyone. From what I have seen there are two companies that produce kits to install these in...
  • Re: What IS Vanagon Syndrome, exactly?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:21:26 -0400
    ...I just saw a few posts about a Digifant inline > VW powered vanagon traveling the southwest, like I soon will be doing > again... He...
  • Re: What Parts are need for Inline 4 conversion?
    Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
    Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:28:36 -0800
    ...What Parts are need for Inline 4 conversion? On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Kenneth Wilford wrote: > 1- Big Coolant Hose- $150 (068 121 101H...
  • Re: Fuel tank question...
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:36:32 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
  • SVC: Which Takes More Patience?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:19:00 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
  • Re: Fifth connection on relay
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 18 Feb 2014 23:37:24 -0800
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
  • You wheel fit Gurus...can you give an opinion here, please..
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:45:16 -0700
    ...to put some bigger steelies on my 84 2wd with 5sp inline VW, but I can't afford new from our vendors...and these...
  • Re: Syncro engine stronger?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 1 May 2013 20:32:29 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine...
  • Was: '89 Carat .... Seattle ... Now: It's in Edmonds WA
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:14:07 -0800
    ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Friday Fun: Take a Jeep apart in 4 minutes!
    Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
    Fri, 1 Oct 2010 23:14:18 -0700
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas- > engines
  • Re: Discount VW Parts
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 15 May 2010 11:32:43 -0700
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: pastel white van - Jokers for sale
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:31:15 -0800
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: VW Rotten (Routan) review
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Fri, 15 May 2009 11:58:38 -0700
    ...Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas...
  • Westy Propane Tank Adaptation
    Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
    Thu, 26 Mar 1998 00:59:00 -0800
    ...Is there any way to add an inline fitting to Westy propane tank line and run the lantern (or campstove) from it? Would this...
  • Re: Diesel auto trans
    Historical mailing list - Radish150
    Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:40:26 -0800
    No, but for a cool 460$ KEP will sell you an adapter plate that will allow you to install the inline 4 at the...
  • diesel van in CO junkyard
    Historical mailing list - Simon
    Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:29:27 -0600
    ...Every single part needed to do an inline-4 conversion... except the mainshaft. That's still there. No blinkers, headlights, grill. No cluster. The...
  • Re: The Cabriolet ( from digest mode.)
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 6 Sep 2007 08:57:42 -0700
    ...Do a google search for Bently and they too have a list dealing with inline four VWs. I use a generic antifreeze..heck a...
  • Welcome to my *new* Vanagons with VW I4 gas engine Google Group
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Thu, 22 May 2008 10:42:13 -0700
    ...http://groups.google.ca/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines Enjoy! Neil N (AKA Tubaneil on the I4 list) -- Neil Nicholson...
  • Re: Fuse box manipulation
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:48:41 -0700
    ...Put a male .250 spade connector on the end of the wire coming from your aux batt. (use ~12 gauge wire and an inline...
  • Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:21:52 -0700
    ...The inline four can rev higher thus producing more hp-look at the figures for the 1.8 turbo. More hp can be squeezed...
  • Re: problems...fridge on 12 v
    Historical mailing list - barriver witch
    Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:38:38 -0400
    ...on it.> > Hope that helps.> > Cheers,> > Neil.> > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty 'Jaco> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas...
  • Re: Oil temp. ? and OP ?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:45:09 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > > -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http...
  • Re: Lift Pop Top With No Spring Assist?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 4 Aug 2010 18:16:30 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > > -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http...
  • Re: Dometic Intake & Exhaust Gaskets: Use Hi Temp RTV?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 8 Aug 2010 19:26:47 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > > -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http...
  • Re: engine swaps... VR6
    Historical mailing list - westydriver
    Sat, 9 Nov 2002 21:27:43 -0700
    ...The mounting holes appear to be >> exactly >> as the inline-4 engines. The only problem I can see in the Vanagon >> application is the...
  • Stopped in Moro... fuel?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 20 Oct 2016 18:01:06 -0700
    Riding along in the rain, 84 Digifant vanagon with an ABA inline gas motor, started missing. Key cycling has no "reset"...all gauges normal...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Memorial For Daryl
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:49:42 -0800
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
  • Re: ...simply reverse the procedure to reassemble...
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:05:24 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine...