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• Unused Fridge and weight (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 26 May 2005 14:45:06 +0000
  ...I now use a Coleman Extreme cooler and I use block ice where I can get it. Actually to start I freeze my own...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:24:12 -0600
  ...feels blocked >>> from accessing second or fourth and if I apply pressure I get the unhappy >>> sound of gears grinding. I shortened up the...
• Re: Nasty intake pics
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 29 May 2009 14:09:48 -0700
  ...Nasty intake pics I was expecting intake ports blocked about 80 % by dark black crud from you description, but ........sure there's a coating...
• oil pressure gauge installation (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 13 Sep 1997 19:55:29 +0000
  ...I got the engine tin off (after shearing off one of the bolts that goes into the block - $^#$&# - now how do I get that...
• 91 GL for sale in Nebraska
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Larsen
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:13:39 -0500
  Howdy all, I am reluctantly putting the Prairie Schooner on the block. I've been on the list since mid-1996 so you can...
• Re: Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 19:56:58 -0800
  ...short, >that you won't be out of there by the time it turns to red. >My vanagon became a moving road blockade, but...
• Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:37:48 +0000
  ...the scooter back and forth= to work...for errands and other short=2C one-person trips. Obviously I won= 't be "scooting" much once...
• Removing the sliding window from its track and disassembly of side window (long)
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:34:28 -0700
  ...I heated the frame and used a wooden block to tap the frame away from one side of the glass. Did the same for...
• Re: low oil pressure/gas in oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 May 2004 17:10:47 -0500
  ...Things remained pretty much that way for about three weeks, > then the light started coming on even after short drives. I checked the > oil...
• Re: Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:27:39 +0200
  ...Releasearm hitting something - blocking it from moving. I will try to get a slave-cylinder tonight or tomorrow morning, and change it - and see...
• Re: "windage tray" and other I4 conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:58:19 -0800
  ...would lead to piston/con rod >extrusion through block events on the diesel (lots of short term >vibration). >The mount technology used by VW...
• Re: EGR question
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Thu, 24 Nov 1994 20:36:38 -0800 (PST)
  ...caught somehow, which would bind the steering wheel, as > >well as shorting the turn signals and engine circuits. Am I a stud? > >(Expiring minds...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Apr 2005 (#2005-300)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:27:20 -0700
  ...I smell a little gas when start cold for a short ride but did not find any trace of gas leak. I notice a...
• Re: Hard shifting - clutch mount bracket?
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:26:00 +0000
  ...Also the short shift and shift handle extension were the magic of the PO....im considering taking them off - but i've never driven...
• Re: brake lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:45:14 -0700
  ...One of the ground wires had lost a terminal so was not connected to the block. All the terminals were pretty tarnished. The terminals...
• Re: syncro trans gear oil
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 19:49:42 EDT
  ...differential? I've tried once but these refill plugs just get blocked by the Syncro sub-frames. >> Wonderful forethought by the VW engineers isn...
• Re: Help..oil light on 84 GL
  Historical mailing list - William Maxian
  Sat, 21 Aug 1999 22:17:12 -0400
  ...The oil sensor wire doesn't appear to be pinched or > shorted. The LED comes on when I turn the ignition on and quickly...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 21:35:04 -0400
  ...feels >> blocked from accessing second or fourth and if I apply pressure I get the unhappy >> sound of gears grinding. I shortened up the...
• Re: Hmm. It won't budge - Well it does now!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:23:33 -0700
  ...I installed the 'new' ABA block onto my transmission > with no pilot bearing, the first time around..I assumed the "whole > deal" was plug...
• Re: Resurrecting an 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:50:01 -0600
  ...The old >> original hoses were all passed through on the engine so they rested on >> the engine block, and were almost invisible. There was...
• Aren't intermittant electrical problems fun!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 02:47:36 +0000
  ...After a short time, it will start sagging and recovering, then sometimes drop off to nothing for an instant and recovering to idle above...
• More AC Thinking
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:26:32 -0500
  ...Here's the story--short and sweet--- While in the local VW parts room this morning behind the parts counter---I see a bottle...
• Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:42:09 -0500
  ...I did use a block and tackle so I could fore-and-aft the engine with one hand while I used the hoist for...
• Re: Drain/fill coolant loop w/o burping
  Historical mailing list - Philip R. Hanlon
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:42:32 -0500
  ...It also has a larger (short) hose entering high, from the coolant loop that runs around (just under) the lip of the engine compartment...
• Re: Billy Bones' never ending story
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 03:50:37 -0500
  ...I believe that there is a short >> > somewhere in the system. Many years ago I had >> > an old Chevy that acted the same way...
• Re: Trip advice - northeast - she must not really want advice - poor list etiquette
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:39:38 -0500
  ...This is the preferred method when you are just going to be away for short periods like vacations, business trips, etc. Send a message...
• Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:57:19 -0400
  ...There is a short piece cardboard flex line on this opening which terminates under the vehicle inside of the passenger wheel well. I presume...
• Re: Broken bolts on 1.9L lower alternator bracket....
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:16:41 -0500
  ...any harder than the other 8 MM studs used on the block and secondly when he says there is no room to use a...
• Fwd: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:34:01 -0700
  ...I am guessing there's about 150k on the ABA 2.0 liter block, It's been well cared for by me and driven...
• Re: What's wrong with my 1.9 WBX engine?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 12:19:25 -0700
  ...Monday, May 31, 2010, 9:35 PM hi again, short trips are hell on engines. You should be able to take only short trips...
• shifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Gilbert Landin
  Sun, 25 May 1997 20:36:06 -0500
  ...When I test drove it around the block I came right back and pointed it out to the manager. It was closing time so...
• Re: Friday and Bicycles
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:36:58 -0800
  ...Friday and Bicycles > I'm on a street that is only three long blocks in length. > On one end there is a grade school...
• Re: It was a great ride . . .
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:31:18 -0400
  ...One minute is was running fine and the next minute a piston was through the block. I had been running it flat out for...
• Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:40:07 -0400
  ...The "bottom end" in my book is the crank and rods only, it sounds like you are talking about the short-block as well...
• Re: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:22:37 -0700
  ...I >> am guessing there's about 150k on the ABA 2.0 liter block, It's been well >> cared for by me and driven...
• Re: Fuel Pump Cavitating??
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:19:34 -0500
  ...from the pump was causing the line to deform and block fuel flow. Shortening the 12" line to 2" solved the problem. Not sure...
• Re: Phrydae: Super-computer soon to use water-cooled system for heating occupants
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:23:31 -0400
  ...occur, internal sensors would shut the machine down >>> before >>> causing a short circuit." >>> >>> Hey, I wonder why they don't just let it set...
• Help diagnose POSSESSED 2.1L Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:41:49 -0400
  ...Could the injectors be blocked somehow even though pattern looks good? Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am at wit's end and...
• Re: Oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Richard Stevens
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:36:24 +0100
  ...Then I made a short jumper with 1/4" spade connectors and connected the 0.9 bar switch back into the circuit. This kept...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 18:35:22 -0800
  ...have about 6 and don't want much for an assembled short block. >>>> You can make a 1.9 DH code engine into 2...
• Garage Cleanup Sale
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:12:14 -0400
  ...86 air flow meter + air cleaner housing, pipes, and block off panel.Price $80 86 ECU(25 906 22).Price$100. 86 Oil pump...
• Re: Ripoff artists named (TheSamba)
  Historical mailing list - Will Snodgrass <VE6VWJ>
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:13:50 -0700
  ...this was shortly after being scammed on the samba by someone complaining to paypal about non receipt after i sent it to the address...
• Re: problems installing second battery
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 07:42:00 EST
  ...I see a big difference in the voltage of the aux battery after shutting down the van after short runs now. Battery is always...
• Re: engine dies while driving - possible causes?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:48:30 -0800
  ...I figured I should check it - took her out on a short errand, no problems. Then yesterday morning before heading to DC I figured...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 18:35:11 -0500
  ...feels blocked > from accessing second or fourth and if I apply pressure I get the unhappy > sound of gears grinding. I shortened up the...
• Re: 90 Multivan auto locks problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:39:14 -0800
  ...All I seem to > have above that are big square blocks that 'plug' in. I've tried > unplugging > these to see if it stops...
• JBWeld and heads: 8 year report
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:54:03 -0300
  ...Here's the short and sweet..... clean heads with wire cup brush in drill, better would be sandblasting. Get the loose oxide off and...
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:41:58 -0700
  ...I did a COMPLETE changeover with a supplied 2.1 long block. I wasn't fortunate (or unfortunate as the case may be,) to...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:12:33 -0700
  ...Other than my cat, which snapped off at beginning of trip..... ;) Driving home, pedal to metal for short burst (less than 1 mile), going...
• Re: Proper recovery from coolant loss while driving
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 May 2011 15:11:07 -0700
  ...engine for short runs a few times > and then start it and let it idle. I was now only a couple blocks > from home...
• Re: Coolant hose blues, best replacement kit?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 9 May 2024 21:20:11 -0400
  ...I believe the engine is built on a 2.1 block. I’ll plan to consult with Ken from Vanagain. He has already glued...
• Re: Friday Wal Mart standoff comments withdrawn.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:32:58 -0700
  ...Fortune favors those who carry spare parts in their vanagon for those unseen situations when only a plastic coolant distribution block or a particular...
• Slight stumble on "resume throttle" (Digifant EFI van)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:07:49 -0800
  ...This is a Digifant system on an inline VW gas motor (2.0 block). I've heard mention of a " throttle=stop switch" or...
• Re: RIP and Help finding an '87-91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:09:26 -0700
  ...blocks the oxygen from the base fo the fire. You also need to disconnect the baery- as a melted battery cable will short and...
• Re: two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:05:07 -0700
  ...ie battery/fuse block etc.this way that positive "hot" post > remains > > shielded so in case i dont have anything hooked up to it...
• Re: Dead diesel diagnosis/postmortem
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 08:01:22 -0700
  ...If it's not too bad you can have the rod resized, and it will be a couple thousandths shorter than the rest. It...
• Re: '91 Westy - Yikes, lights! NOT
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 09:05:08 -0700
  ...I took the switch out in Big Sur State Park (it was dark due to the California power shortage) and cleaned the contacts with...
• Coolant Rising Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:19:41 EST
  ...The short story is that I got a new engine last summer, ran fine for 5000 miles, then coolant starts to creep up. Have...
• Re: Automatic Trasmission Question
  Historical mailing list - Derek Burgess
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:06:44 -0400
  ...Tranny fluids do > contain cleaning additives and if you have a blocked or sticky valve, > it's possible it will work out as varnish...
• Other compression test details
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:19:07 -0500
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Joel D Shortlidge > Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 11:11 AM > To: vanagon...