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  • Re: Tires - Yokohama Y370 195R14 - Progress Report
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:59:26 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 14 Nov 2013 18:12:03 -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: Brake Booster - 1991 Carat
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:41:40 -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: solar charge controller
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:28:52 -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: My writeup on removing and replacing the 2.1l Vanagon water pump
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 6 Aug 2013 23:14:53 -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: Fw: melting lower thermostat housing
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:50:05 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Electrical "Locking" Terminal Info + Question
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 8 Feb 2013 20:31:17 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Busted Down Near Tekonsha, Michigan
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:10:25 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Baja Whale 2013 trip report, 10 vans, 9 days... part 2, BOLA magic
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:56:23 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: engine swap source: TDI
    Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
    Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:52:22 -0500
    ...Diesel Progress also published some VW engine and drive information in the June 91, Aug 92 and Aug '97 issues. Otherwise most VW engine...
  • Idea to Re-use Worn Wiper Arm?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:16:28 -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: Gas question, seriously folks
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:51:12 -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: Speaking of idle stabilizers ...
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:55:32 -0700
    ...VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: >>> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb...
  • Re: Fuel Saving Ideas Article
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Tue, 27 May 2014 08:37:57 -0500
    ...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: W. Coast Canada members, was Re: Spillbuster cup/glass holder
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:41:00 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Anyone here with a Nissan Maxima Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:29:57 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Vrroom!!!! Performance upgrades
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 9 Apr 1999 15:44:24 -0700
    ...It's the engine VW should have made. > Now we're getting this thing going! Okay, okay, I won't dismiss Subaru. Must have...
  • Re: Which Engine To Install and by Whom
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 14 May 2012 18:07:08 -0700
    ...then there is the 5 Valves-per-cylinder 1.8 Turbo VW engine , very late model engine. Then there is the the VR6 and...
  • Re: Some Engine Conversions (fomerly "TO WATERBOXER OR NOT"??)
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 11 Jan 2000 21:56:33 -0800
    ...That engine in my van would >be superb. I don't need an engine now, but one day it could happen, as we >all...
  • Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:37:46 -0700
    ...VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > -- Neil n 65 kb...
  • Re: Fire!
    Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
    Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:40:29 -0800
    ...VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine s ----- No virus found...
  • Black Nylon Fuel Return Hose Kink. Opinions? PICS.
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:13:21 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Battery isolator question
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:17:22 -0400
    ...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: First trip with AAZ power plant
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:28:40 -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: Home safe but still a question about that FI plug... Now FI Source
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 7 Jul 2013 11:58:48 -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: I hate to get a tire discussion
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:59:46 -0400
    ...I had a conversation with a Vredestein engineer once (an OE tire supplier to VW) who blamed lax U.S. standards. He said that...
  • Re: rusty nuts
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:17:24 -0700
    ...Or you could just use vegetable oil and acetone. > https://www.engineeringforchange.org/news/2012/08/14/how_to_make_penetrating_oil.html > > > > On...
  • Re: Luggage Rack: Fine Cracks At Bottom. Repair? PIC
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:55:58 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: windshield fluid reservoir
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 5 Jan 2013 12:35:32 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:36:53 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Jetta Conversion: Exhaust Bracket Redo... Done.
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 8 Sep 2011 09:38:32 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Refrigerator lighting
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 1 Sep 2011 21:51:26 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Alternator out at *high* rpms?
    Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
    Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:30:34 -0500
    ...Replaced the >VR/Brush Assembly and that cured the problem. Okay, I pulled the brushes and pretty much knew that the slip ring was...
  • Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:01:43 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Eurovan Camper , 5 speed
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Mon, 21 May 2012 13:48:44 -0700
    I had a '97 with the VR-6 and auto. I think all from '97 on were automatics (unreliable automatics that couldn't be...
  • Re: ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:59:07 -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: Engine Bay Negative Strap Questions. 1988 Westy. PICS.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 7 May 2012 06:17:29 -0400
    ...googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine s
  • Re: Fuel Pump Ground Location?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:39:28 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 6 May 2012 21:19:33 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Fryday futilities
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:04:48 -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: My New Bentley
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 7 Apr 2013 12:34:15 -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: Automotive Shop Rate Question
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:09:43 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:51:25 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Got wasps, yellow jackets, etc.?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 7 Jul 2012 21:56:31 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: the mysterious flash of the coolant light
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 29 May 2012 09:46:17 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Crankcase Breather tower ~ It comes apart !!!
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 3 May 2012 22:35:43 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Putting a 2.1L where my 1.9L used to be......
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 12 May 2012 10:38:13 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Upgrade to 2.0L 16V
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 3 Aug 1998 06:46:15 EDT
    I have heard that this swap is not a good choice because the 16v engine lacks low end torque. It is great in a...
  • Re: Fast German will fix the broken rebuild
    Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
    Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:43:33 -0800
    This is basically why I rolled over and bought a VR6 Eurocamper. I really, really, really wanted a nice SynchroWesty but figured that they...
  • Re: long term parking on hills
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:53:31 -0800
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: UCA bushing replacement
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:58:52 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:40:58 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
    Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
    Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:30:32 -0600
    ...Vroom, vroom! > > While bombing around in a lonely rural area with my > buddy in his MG, the car's radiator sprang a leak. He...
  • Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 6 Feb 2014 23:24:33 -0500
    ...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: ECU Monitor
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 5 Oct 2013 15:54:40 -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...
  • my van lives again!!!!!!
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Wed, 19 May 1999 23:14:00 -0400
    well folks, to those who don't know, my 84 vanagon has been enduring a lengthy and financially consuming engine swap. hopefully it is...
  • Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:51:41 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: The Subi conversion pictures...
    Historical mailing list - David Etter
    Wed, 2 May 2007 09:50:31 -0600
    ...and >Vroummmmmm...... > >I'm sorry if i will offend some purist or I4 lovers... but let me tell you >that this boxer engine feel...
  • 2 Piece Clutch Hose: Replace with 1 Piece?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 2 Jul 2014 14:55:02 -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: An idea for Replacing Pop Top Canvas
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 2 May 2014 10:10:01 -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...