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• Re: Boston Bob? or GoWesty?
  Historical mailing list - J. Naser Motlagh
  Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:45:25 -0600
  ...GoWesty? They seem >to > >> > both have there strengths and weaknesses... > >> > I am sure they are both good rebuilds.. but any real world advice >would...
• Re: For Sale: 1982 VW Vanagon Westfalia - NEW 1.6 Diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 1 Oct 2016 15:43:22 -0700
  ...road trip throughout the country. >>> >>> In August we had the engine rebuild completely by a Volkswagen Westfalia >>> specialist. The engine therefore just has 7...
• Re: throttle flat spot
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:19:57 -0500
  ...There are companies that rebuild AFMs but I've never looked inside one to see if that board was replaced. Several years ago, on...
• Re: high lift jack?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:18:53 -0600
  ...It is absolutely essential to bring along rebuild kits because periodically the high lift jack components fail and then the jack is worthless unless...
• The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan. Long, Long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:03:49 -0500
  ...to rebuild my engine. It took about three months of getting the wrong oil pump three times, getting shorted on gaskets in kits for...
• Re: Sticky brakes
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:03:42 -0700
  ...Sticky brakes >> >> My right side brake caliper is dragging and making a scraping sound. >> Should I just replace it or is the rebuild kit...
• Re: Rebuilding manual steering rack? (+ crossing the creek)
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:18:27 -0700
  ...Back to rebuilding the manual steering rack...the reason I brought this up was that I've occasionally seen rebuilt ones offered for sale...
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:18:37 -0400
  ...My question to rest of the vanagon people > is about general rebuilds. > > First, I was surprised to see symptoms that look like rings, when...
• Re: Should I replace my transmission?
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:01:05 -0800
  ...Mine are $1095 exchange for the rebuild plus a $400 core deposit ( in case the R&P is actually bad already.) Rougly $80 shipping...
• Re: Clutch on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:15:17 -0800
  ...I have the LUK rebuild kit from Bus Depot. I'm looking for advise on doing > the clutch rebuild. Do I remove the transmission...
• Re: Possible funky smell solution; report
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:33:47 -0800
  ...But since this is a never-ending problem with all all AC VWs, maybe I should patent some kind of refurb kit :) On 11...
• Re: oil pressure gauge and temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Tue, 19 May 2020 12:42:14 -0400
  ...Or you want to see trends over time. > >> Either way you can do that just as well with my kit. > >> > >> The kit is reasonably...
• Re: 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:10:16 -0600
  Your cheapest fix is to buy an engine rebuild gasket set. You'll also need to buy a front main seal and a rear...
• Re: 1.9L Stuff for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:32:26 -0400
  ...as well as good used heads bearings, rebuild kits etc. Etc. also will part with >> 1 good used trans. >> new 2.1 water pump...
• Re: Now...Water and Oil idiot lights? Doh!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:32:29 -0400
  ...If you never bled the system >> >> after your >> >> engine rebuild this would be a great time. Also after an engine >> >> rebuild you >> >> should always...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:34:29 -0500
  ...The grease that is supplied in all of the aftermarket kits, (blue tube) is the older grease. If you get the kits from the...
• DAS BOOT HAS ENGINE RUNNING!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:45:01 -0600
  ...Pop top and no kitchen. The are two schematics for the 86 Vanagon. The first is for VIN G 055 689. The second set...
• What not to do when rebuilting a starter.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:38:41 -0700
  ...What could be the problem? The new 100Ah battery not delivering the juice? My starter rebuild gone bad in only one year? (My previous...
• VW-HINTS FOR LONG BLOCK PURCHASE FOR A 71 DUAL PORT BUS
  Historical mailing list - Nick Pace
  Tue, 05 Sep 95 13:09:40 PDT
  ...11) See if they include the gasket kit ($20) with the rebuild. Also, buy extra sheet metal screws and 13mm nuts since you will...
• Price of a pancake; '72 engine removal
  Historical mailing list - (Jeff P. Schneiter)
  Mon, 26 Sep 1994 16:53:26 -0700
  ...Would this rebuild then just be a replace of the gasket set, minor ignition tune-up, and a valve grind? How much has a...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 12:59:26 -1000
  ...but if someone wants a block or long block for rebuilding, I have about 6 of those located in So. Oregon. Don't want...
• Re: Advice request; 1986 Vanagon automatic
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:14:21 -0800
  ...Ours was complete but did not blow cold and I used a simple R134a conversion kit from Advance Auto that worked to make it...
• Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - Don Kane
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:07:08 -0800
  ...If I have the time I may try rebuilding the bottom end. Piston are cylinder kits are available and reasonably priced as well. Don...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 5 Dec 2025 05:43:27 +0000
  ...rollers. (Sure wish that one of our vendors would offer a rebuild kit for the pre-’85 sliders.) And yes, List traffic has dwindled...
• Re: Front Suspension Lifespan
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:45:18 -0700
  ...Also went > > with the GoWesty big brake and hub kit. This will go with the Van Cafe > 16" > > Carrot wheels and AT Grabbers. Looking...
• Re: For Sale: 1982 VW Vanagon Westfalia - NEW 1.6 Diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:56:08 -0700
  ...road trip throughout the country. > > In August we had the engine rebuild completely by a Volkswagen Westfalia > specialist. The engine therefore just has 7...
• Re: a/c rebuild and retrofitted to R134a
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Fri, 8 May 1998 17:58:53 -0700
  ...First I want to thank Eric Zeno for his post from May 7, 1996, describing VW's retrofitting kit to R134a, and Rick Koller...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:19:38 -0700
  ...I can see how they would get > work hardened when they are restretched and we did reuse > good used ones on this rebuild because...
• Re: Shifter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:15 -0400
  ...I would repair your shifter by rebuilding it with all new bushings. We have this as a kit through our site if you need...
• Re: Thermostat for Dometic Fridge (fan), where to find?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:40:23 -0700
  ...I also used > a free re-build kit from Manchester to repair the auto-stop > valve on the LP > tank, what nice folks to...
• Re: [Friday] Bolts -- Rockwell hardness translate to grade?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:53:48 -0700
  ...Very cool. > > I just went to refresh the critical parts on the jack with ones from Hi Lift's jack rebuild kit, but the...
• Audi 2.3 l conversion report (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bruce J. Wilbur
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:23:27 -0700
  ...about routine engine rebuilds, upgrading the stock engine for more spunk and reliability, kits or installs from FastForward, Vanagain, Vanagon Projekt (Detlev), Eurospec, Kennedy...
• Re: 2.2 Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:23:06 -0800
  ...2.2 Rebuild Questions > Now might be a good time to take a really hard look at an engine upgrade > to a Subaru engine...
• Re: New motor selections for vanagons.
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Mon, 18 May 1998 19:48:54 -0400
  ...PS-been pricing overhaul parts for the Ford motor - gasket kits, turbo rebuild parts, motor mounts, etc. The prices are "refreshing", to say the...
• Re: Automatic Transmission sometimes has to wake up...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:27:36 -0400
  ...I have the A/T tuneup kit > of screen, gasket, etc. and plan to tackle that this > weekend, but thought I'd ask for...
• RE: Price of a pancake; '72 engine removal
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  28 Sep 1994 09:36:50 +1000
  ...To totally rebuild (Australian prices but a guide?) Machine crank and supply bearings $150 Supply cam (most are stuffed and the REAL problem in...
• Re: Tiico Conversion
  Historical mailing list - vt
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 21:02:57 -0500
  ...That's a > shame > because the engine replacement kits are very reasonably priced and you'd > think that going with what is in the...
• Re: Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:37:53 -0400
  ...It took him several months to complete the rebuild with > > all the parts I ordered from Van-Cafe (over 2K in parts). He was...
• Re: Vanagon Carat - 1991
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:58:54 -0700
  ...No brake caliper rebuild kits however. > > An immediate project is to replace/repair the driver and passenger electric > windows. The driver window operator motor...
• Re: 80 Vanagon AC
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 11:12:04 -0400
  ...you're free to use R-134a, since you are gonna rebuild the system. it's > cheaper to use, anyway. but you'll need...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:07:52 -0700
  The VC kit wire is too short for the gear reduction starter, so make up your own longer one. Stuart From: Michael McSwain [mailto...
• Re: Anyone not having problems?VW
  Historical mailing list - Dave Ohlemacher
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:34:11 -0400
  ...she's > cute, she's got style, she speaks to that part of me that appreciates > having my bedroom, living, kitchen, dining room and...
• Re: Second mainshaft seal failure....
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 10:20:20 -0700
  ...Never had a leak on one of my rebuilds from that seal...Are you sure its trans oil and not eng oil from the...
• Was: Need some assistance, now closing shop
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:28:12 -0500
  ...he had to take a job rebuilding truck engines just to make some cash. I really feel horrible for him. He is still going...
• Re: [Friday] Bolts -- Rockwell hardness translate to grade?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:09:11 -0500
  ...Very cool. > > I just went to refresh the critical parts on the jack with ones from Hi > Lift's jack rebuild kit, but the...
• Re: Fast German will fix the broken rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 05:52:37 -0800
  ...But that corrosion > looked like nothing I have ever seen, and I > replaced the water pump twice before the > rebuild. But why would I...
• Re: The Non-Conversion Diesel Conversion!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:54:36 -0800
  ...At 21:24 11/18/98 EST, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: >I have been doing some checking into getting together a kit to put...
• Re: 094 5 Speed kit
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 31 Dec 2016 21:39:32 -0400
  ...094 5 Speed kit > > Don, > > Some of our T3s came with a 1.6TD in the back … perhaps not a Big Torque Engine … but...
• Re: Broken bolts on 1.9L lower alternator bracket....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:24:23 -0500
  ...I do all of my stud repairs out of the van and mostly at the time of a rebuild so this is the perspective...
• Re: Busted Down Near Tekonsha, Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:02:19 -0500
  ...the "rebuild" was terrible. Good luck and happy thanksgiving! Edward At 08:57 AM 11/24/2011, Pete O wrote: >The plan was to...
• 1989 White Westfalia for Sale
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 08:27:45 -0500
  ...Engine and transmission have been completeley rebuilt-- and not your standard rebuild either: Engine: 2.1 wasserboxer Custom machined Manley heads and valve guides...
• Re: Weekender for Sale
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 05:13:51 -0800
  ...It maybe a good project for someone who does not have big bucks but dearly wants a Westfalia without the kitchen. I here did...
• Re: Alternator Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 2 Jun 2020 19:45:08 -0700
  ...Not sure whether the alternator - which has 9000 miles on it, is a rebuild or not - it is a Bosch if that means anything...
• Re: Remove Brake Caliper: Steering Knuckle Off Vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:40:23 -0700
  ...It would be handy to just buy the full-length hose kit that vendors sell, by passing that notch-in-the-frame issue. But...
• Hard shifting - clutch mount bracket?
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:51:16 +0000
  ...short shift kit and shifter extension handle. Tranny would have less than 30,000 miles on it from reputable list rebuilder. I've hit...
• Re: 1.9 > 2.1 cooling kit?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:27:51 -0700
  ...com > wrote: > My mechanic called to say that the (AT) transmission rebuild (German > Transaxle here in Bend) went smoothly, they found scoring on the...
• Re: Lubing CV Joints, Struck Oil... more questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:53:42 -0800
  ...I bought VolksCafe's CV lube kit and was pushing extra grease into the CV joints. On one side in the rear, at the...
• DAS BOOT HAS ENGINE RUNNING!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:02:07 -0600
  ...Pop top and no kitchen. The are two schematics for the 86 Vanagon. The first is for VIN G 055 689. The second set...
• Fw: one year anniv.
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:25:19 -0500
  ...sump plate, VDO) >clutch master cylinder (no more wet shoes) >slave rebuild kit (got at PEP Boys, $19) >oil changed every 3k >pop top...
• Re: high lift jack?
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:51:56 -0500
  ...It is absolutely essential to bring along rebuild kits because periodically the high lift jack components fail and then the jack is worthless unless...