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  • Re: Cheap DOKA
    Historical mailing list - Neil
    Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:40:58 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Any Guesses
    Historical mailing list - Neil
    Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:41:15 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Free Vanagon Parts. Vancouver BC Canada
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 23 Mar 2014 14:35:29 -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...
  • Temp sensor wire
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 6 Aug 1996 08:33:56 -0400
    I'm trying to get the tin off my '80 engine and I'm stuck with the top piece where the temp sensor goes...
  • Re: Engine Tin's Needed
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:40 -0700
    ...PM, Robert Stewart wrote: > > Does Anyone have a decent set of engine tins for sale at a reasonable >> price? >> >> Contact me Privately please. >> >> Robert...
  • Re: Friday: $90K Syncro Adventurewagen
    Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
    Sat, 8 Feb 2014 00:39:05 -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...
  • Happiest Syncro Dog Ever!
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:30:09 -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...
  • Quick Thanks! (trip report pending)
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:33:20 -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...
  • VW 1.8T .... Running Backwards!
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 17 May 2013 23:24:35 -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: Edging my way toward pop top tent replacement
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:39:40 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Push covers/enging tins
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:29:06 -0400
    ...Then there is the "Protective Plate," which people are calling "engine tin," "push rod tube cover," etc.
  • A What is this Type of Question....
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:51:14 -0400
    ...the engine I see the following: 1. Coolant is forming a slow tiny, tiny drip on the edge of the left bottom tin then...
  • Re: 84 engine tin
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:07:28 -0800
    > >After talking to a neighbor it seems I am lacking tin under the engine. I >also know this is important. > >How do I find...
  • Re: 82 diesel air intake elbow
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:29:58 -0800
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Some potentially stupid questions
    Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
    Thu, 4 Nov 2010 09:29:19 -0700
    ...If there was antifreeze in your engine, then no, there's no tin or foam seal. The tin and seal are part of a...
  • Re: Free Westy middle jumpseat in SoCal?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 18 Apr 2020 20:14:09 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Throttle Switch, Geology, and Happenstance?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:59:31 -0800
    ...google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Electric Supercharger
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:11:18 -0500
    ...An internal combustion engine is basically a giant air pump. How is a tiny 1/10 hp electric motor going to keep up with...
  • Re: Swap a Mazda Diesel in a Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:41:27 -0700
    ...http://tinyurl.com/njvwg5 These larger I4 engines look interesting http://tinyurl.com/nr5yt9 but likely too tall with the intake etc: http://tinyurl...
  • Cooling tin/engine mounts?
    Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
    Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:43:08 -0800
    There's a little too much clearance at the rear (front is front) of my cooling tin, and not as much in the front...
  • removeing 79 van engine.
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 29 Apr 96 20:50:02 EDT
    I am trying to remove the engine from a 79 van. The right rear piece of tin will just not clear the motor. I...
  • Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
    Historical mailing list - Neil
    Mon, 24 May 2021 15:10:49 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Body insulation idea
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:39:10 -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: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 9 Feb 2014 11:15:17 -0800
    ...http://tinyurl.com/d7xdgjm clearance to engine carrier: http://tinyurl.com/k3vtwqv This (image): http://tinyurl.com/mvmq8xv could've worked, but obviously meant...
  • Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Wed, 2 Dec 2020 12:57:31 -0800
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt > > > > 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 > > > > VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> > > -- 1989 Swedish...
  • Re: GEX engine, DON'T (sad story)
    Historical mailing list - John Runberg
    Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:03:12 -0700
    > Who is to blame? the installer who as chossen a GEX engine and forgot to put > the tins, of GEX itself building a "shitty...
  • Re: window tint, simple green
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 3 Feb 95 14:38:47 PST
    On the EV, we have 3M titanium (metallized) tint in grey on all windows except the windshield. Rear hatch window - 20% (this is the...
  • Re: Brake Bleeding
    Historical mailing list - Neil
    Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:36:22 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Porterfield R4-S Rear Brake Shoes
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Thu, 9 Oct 2014 13:21:20 -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: spark plug blow out
    Historical mailing list - Terry K.
    Thu, 30 May 2002 13:20:12 -0500
    ...Can I get the tin off without lowering the engine? It doesn't look like I can even attempt it with the tin on...
  • Re: Wallaced
    Historical mailing list - Neil
    Sat, 25 Dec 2021 12:57:13 -0800
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: horn ring
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:23:11 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Disc Brake and Wheel Upgrade A work in progress
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 6 May 2020 18:35:53 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Inside A Walker Quiet Flow Muffler! (pics)
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:59:03 -0800
    ...http://tinyurl.com/6lbh53p http://tinyurl.com/67kjkwg http://tinyurl.com/6dfq26k Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com...
  • Re: Am I missing something? - Engine tin
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:33:49 -0400
    At 11:53 7/25/2000, (Donna Cassano) wrote: >Just curious as to how much engine tin there is supposed to be on an...
  • Re: air cooled engine cooling tin
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:02:47 +0000
    ...On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 11:56 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > I need the rear and bottom cooling tin for a...
  • Re: Tinted Windows - Backing up in the Dark?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:19:47 -0800
    ...On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > neil N wrote: >> >> Anyone with tinted windows find that...
  • Re: horse power
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 9 Nov 2019 09:03:50 -0800
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Engine Tin's Needed
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Sun, 24 May 2009 21:30:34 -0700
    ...Engine Tin's Needed > > > Looking for 2.1L watercooled automatic. > > Gracias > > Robert > > On May 23, 2009, at 12:19 PM, Robert Stewart wrote: > > > Does...
  • Foamy thing on diesel engine tin? Where can I get it?
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:36:10 -0700
    I have an 87 European spec Vanagon with a European 1.6TD diesel engine. On the large engine tin, there was a foamy thing...
  • =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_When_you_try_to_cram_an_=C2=B402_Audi_A6_into_the_Va?= =?UTF-8?Q?nagon=C2=B4s_fusebox?=
    Historical mailing list - Neil
    Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:55:30 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: rusty engine compartment, no splash shields?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:57:37 -0800
    ...Do or did water-cooled > vanagons have any sort of engine compartment tin? I know that they don't need > the tin due to...
  • Re: Tin Trivia
    Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
    Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:51:38 +0000
    You know I've been hearing about this "tin" that some have on their engine. I thought it was like "emergency savings" and "hurricane...
  • Re: Tinyurl (was Fwd: Got a camper with a dead engine and a chevy pickup? here's a solution)
    Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
    Thu, 18 May 2006 12:06:21 -0400
    According to their website (and in my experience), the tinyurls "never" expire. Is this wrong? -Wes Greg Potts wrote: > Hi Volks, > > This link was...
  • Re: Refresh my memory about inner tie rods, someone!
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:14:29 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 7 May 2016 23:02:57 -0700
    ...google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: Help - Part 2
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 3 May 2014 20:54:41 -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: Rusty spring perch replaced
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Sat, 14 Aug 2021 23:47:59 -0600
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt >>>> >>>> 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 >>>> >>>> VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Neil n...
  • Re: 1984 diesel kubvan on Chattanooga Craigslist
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 4 Apr 2014 08:51:55 -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: ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:43:28 -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: Replacing heads, engine still in the van
    Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
    Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:13:08 -0400
    ...Replacing the passenger side head with the engine in is not too bad, provided things are not too rusty. The engine tin screws can...
  • Re: Idle Control
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 14 Nov 2020 11:58:31 -0800
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
  • Re: ?s about new 2.0 installation
    Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
    Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:47:39 -0700
    ...Also the AC pump in an Air-cooled engine might cause your engine to not cool efficiently. The engine tin shroud that surrounds the...
  • Air Cooled Sunroof Vanagon: Vancouver BC Canada
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:30:40 -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...
  • Email Test
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 1 Jul 2013 22:59:21 -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 tin
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 2 Nov 1994 09:15:00 -0800
    ...VWs need that tin in place and the seals preventing hot air from the bottom of the engine rising into the engine compartment. Second...
  • WTB: Cooling Tin/Heat Shield 82 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
    Sun, 25 Aug 2002 23:50:28 -0400
    ...I am removing the old York AC Compressor from my 82 Vanagon and I need the replacement engine cooling tin for the left rear...
  • Jetta Engine Swap: Cat Position? PICS.
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:35:32 -0800
    ...http://tinyurl.com/bm3pq3m Part or all of elbow removed, it should fit fairly easily to old work. Mock up image: http://tinyurl.com...
  • Re: Cigarette lighter wiring
    Historical mailing list - Neil
    Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:32:29 -0800
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt > > 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 > > VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> > -- Neil n...
  • Re: headlamps
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:05:46 -0700
    ...https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>