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• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:42:49 -0400
  ...The short version is that the rebuilder had the van twice, and for a long time both times. When I got it back a...
• Re: Neil's motor..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:07:32 -0700
  ...In subaru's we always have to shorten the pan a good 2 to 2.5 inches to get it reasonably close to what...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question, update
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:58:33 -0400
  ...The >short version is that the rebuilder had the van twice, and for a long >time both times. > >When I got it back a...
• Re: Club Hammers
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:37:18 -0700
  ...a handle > less than a foot long. > Perhaps they're called blockhead hammers or something equally descriptive > over there. > > .... club, thump, lump hammer - for...
• Re: Overheated Westy '87
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 13:37:20 -0800
  ...The block and pistons have about 250K on them I reckon. Right at the end of the journey the fuel pump started leaking out...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Reply from AT&T/BellSouth Part I
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Tue, 20 May 2008 07:49:59 -0700
  ...trunk, so anything >> that AT&T >> does to block spam on their networks also blocks spam on the >> networks of >> those that use them...
• Re: Windage Trays and Lubrication Issues (Air and Water Cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:41:53 -0600
  ...additional HP costing about $100.00 each over and above standard short block rebuilding cost. Your input about the Windage trays leads me to...
• Re: Coolant hose blues, best replacement kit?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 9 May 2024 10:43:38 -0700
  What exactly is a “1.9 setup on a 2.3 GoWesty”? Is the 2.3 built on a 2.1 block? With oil...
• Re: Air compressors.
  Historical mailing list - Craig Hartsell
  Wed, 4 Oct 1995 16:38:29 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Does the oil let the pump last longer, run cooler, > what? Or, does it just make up for the shortcomings of cast iron? > Is...
• Re: Wiring problems with tail lights etc
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:03:46 -0700
  ...a bit rough in a block really ruff like backfiring etc by the time got the 4 blocks back home smoke was pouring out...
• Re: Optima Battery safety question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 06:27:39 EDT
  ...terminals, the way nothing can short to the battery cover tin. 3) Shim the battery compartment with wood blocks to keep the battery from...
• Re: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies - Vanago
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:15:00 -0400
  ...On the hillside, narrow winding short > streets, lots of trees, lots of traffic and stop signs. The GPS totally > failed, only got there when...
• Re: Conclusion on 235/75-15s--Thumbs Down on 4th
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:47:45 EST
  Derek, Just a short comment to indicate that I am very pleased with the Yokohama Geolander AT+ 215/75-15 tire I am running...
• Re: Disaster PT. 2
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:32:23 -0500
  ...But it sure begs the question, > > can anyone be that rough on the engines as to destroy them in so short a > > time.?? And...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:14:45 -0400
  ...Make sure there are no shorts or bad >connections in the wiring and if all appears OK, then get another >sensor. > >Dennis > > >-----Original Message...
• Re: White smoke when cold
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:42:36 -0800
  ...I said to the college student woman who owned it ...'You drive this 4 blocks the the Food Co-Op right ? " ( like a 5...
• Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 08:49:37 -0600
  ...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: '85 1.9 Fuel Filter/Tank/ Fuel Pump Mystery
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:32:27 -0600
  ...I also knew that I would need a new fuel >> filter. >> >> So This past Sunday I replaced the filter and the short peice of...
• Re: Bus Depot SPAM, again!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:13:38 -0600
  Tim, There is a keyboard shortcut CTRL D use it !!, as far as I am concerned, Ron is a good source of parts as...
• Re: Engine is in, a new saga begins.
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:21:11 -0500
  ...Heating my garage would have been difficult and working what amounts to 2 jobs I'm short on time. I found a place called...
• Re: Tracing Electrical fault in Coach battery system? (lotta words)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 21:33:04 -0500
  ...This could only be if a grounded >> appliance is drawin that current. >> >> You have the advantage with your terminal block as you can pull...
• DIY alignments
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 8 May 2008 22:38:35 -0700
  ...With a pair of spacer blocks taped onto the level, you can read your vehicles camber by placing the level onto each wheel, with...
• Re: Automatic Trasmission Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:48:31 -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...
• Re: RECOMMENDATION
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 20 May 2000 08:38:40 EDT
  ...I have a 2.1 short block, i.e. no heads, to work with already. In checking out the waterboxer engine parts, it looks...
• Re: Sheesh! Wildflowers? No real vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Phil Stanhope
  Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:59:45 -0700
  ...In > the really wet years (relatively anyway) the whole > desert damn near turns > into a yellow carpet- and of course shortly after > the vehicles...
• Re: hidden oil leak ??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:45:16 -0800
  ...Would it be possible >> to >> tighten the cooler to the block by removing the filter and torquing the >> bolts or should it be removed...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 May 2011 17:14:25 -0400
  When removing the factory water cooled ATF cooler the hoses should be blocked, not joined. This will make it the same as the standard...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:44:32 -0700
  ...shoot the engine block. and both main hoses ..and see how different that are. main idea is to find out if it's really...
• Re: Square Headlight Uprgade? Round, Square, Lighting Relays . . .
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:51:26 -0800
  ...one serious shortcoming: they leave the >>coil side >>of the relay unfused. I was fortunate enough to find a double relay block >>with two...
• Re: -Now Engine Conversion - doing your own soobie wire harness
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:58:27 -0700
  ...And shortened oil pan too, might be a factor in how they can do 300K just fine in a Subaru car often, they are...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:58:08 -0700
  ...Why wouldn't it be broken? > > > > > > Flickering light -- loose wire shorting out the Pressure switch? > > > Is it > > normally open? Normally closed? Ahh, I don...
• Re: New fuel pump and filter - still noisy!
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:09:23 -0400
  ...of some sort of blockage - dirt, rust, or a kink somewhere. >> There is no doubt that this will shorten the lifespan of the pump...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 16:42:50 -0700
  ...So with an already warmed up engine >> restarting clears the O2 sensor circuit for a short while each time. With a >> cold engine the...
• Re: help water pump 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 02:32:08 EST
  ...The UTH attaches to the water pump on one side and then has a flange that links it to a short coolant hose that...
• (LVC) Friday: Wrong Way Driver & Vegi Carnage on Interstate-5 on way home driving new to me VW LT35
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 02:56:16 -0700
  ...9) 3:45pm I'm on my way home but not before stopping for fast food 2 blocks before the freeway entrance. If you...
• Re: Temp gauge/coolant Saga Con't.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 21:37:23 -0700
  ...but better to just plug each one separately as this does not provide a short cut for hot coolant to get back to the...
• Re: Neil's motor..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:40:02 -0700
  ...Oil pan has to be shortened of course, and other than a less than ideal place for an across-the-back muffler, I don...
• Re: leakdown test
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:32:38 -0400
  ...You should see all the coolant trace in that block. I had so much metal at the bottom of the case that i had...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Eric and Marica
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:56:45 -0600
  ...I find a kitten in the garbage bin of my apartment block and become an official cat owner - and cat person. Calvin (the cat...
• Re: Vanagon handling.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:34:10 -0500
  The steering control arms on the later model power steering arms are shorter, IE you'll need to change the spindles. Outer wheel bearings...
• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:30:31 -0400
  ...I also messed with the AFM getting a know working one to swap in and test and still noting!!! long story short and with...
• Never Under Estimate Your Ground Straps!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:10:42 +0100
  ...short... Once I got the compressor out of the engine compartment, I was able to get a clear look at my engine block to...
• Re: Neil's motor..
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:28:30 -0600
  ...In subaru's we always have to shorten the pan a > good > 2 to 2.5 inches to get it reasonably close to what...
• repaired again - repaired link to ..;/ photos of alternator repair :) hope the repair to vanagon is better than the link :)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:50:53 -0700
  ...we wasted a tap > cut it shorter to fit in behind the coolant pipe and after first tap we cut the bottom to crete...
• Re: engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:54:19 -0600
  ...I bought a factory rebuilt 1.8 long block, with hydraulic lifters. The basic engine was a bolt in, as you know the gas...
• Re: John Wallace Lives!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 09:09:20 -0500
  ...I just blocked mail from John Wallace early on and his replies simply bounced back giving him THE PROBLEM and not me. It just...
• Re: DIESEL VANAGON QUESTIONS
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 95 17:50:41 EDT
  ...How long does the engine last, or better phrased, how much shorter is > the life expectancy than in a Rabbit? The previous owner of...
• Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 06:37:05 -0700
  ...days, then IT failed also, or the > wires shorted out again, or perhaps the wires shorted out and caused the > second O2 sensor to...
• Re: 40 minutes drive and then cuts out.
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:42:37 -0700
  ...Now, whether it was a blocked filter, a blocked tank, a failing regulator, etc., we only find out after testing all and see what...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question, update
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:26:09 -0700
  ...The short version is that the rebuilder had the van twice, >>and for a long time both times. >> >>When I got it back a...
• Re: Help diagnose POSSESSED 2.1L Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 18:21:15 -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: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:14:10 -0700
  ...They would be omnidirectional--not that it matters once the >> engine is off the ground. >> >> I did use a block and tackle so I...
• Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:13:33 -1000
  ...internally, where it joins the larger part of the octopus hose ...it's not full flow there. ..it's mostly blocked except for an...
• Re: really... how tough IS a full engine rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 23:26:22 -0600
  ...In response to > this question, i received: > 2 "get a short block" > 3 "you'll probably screw it up, but try anyway" > 2 "go...
• Fwd: Castrol, QT, 5W50
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:24:21 -0500
  ...For a daily driver doing relatively short commutes, The 0w-40 European Formulae or 10w-40 Extreme performance would be my choice. Dennis ----- Original...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:32:13 -0400
  ...It basically pushed the #1 away from the >block. > >Has anyone seen something like this? Is this a rel possibility? I am >thinking >to...
• Re: Digitool saves the day
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 08:31:59 -0800
  ...The road was narrow and there was no shoulder so he was stuck blocking half the road. His engine had just stopped and would...
• Oil pressure light in 1.9l at idle
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:27:27 -0500
  ...I typically run Mobil 1 15w50 in it, but shortly before this drive changed the oil to Castrol Syntec 5w50, hoping to achieve better...
• Re: Stereo status...long
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:54:30 -0400
  ...While I was putting the bass-blockers in, I discovered that the wiring to the left side front speaker had been broken at some...
• Re: rebuilder blames coolant for failure under warranty
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 00:30:47 -0800
  ...I can't believe that you would see that type of corrossion on new heads in such a short time. I;ve worked on...