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• Re: Junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 22:20:43 -0500
  ...The two plastic guide pieces that you found in the junkyard are also frequently found inside the door of the van on the bottommost...
• Rings or Valve Guides (82 air cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:33:51 -0700
  ...I imagine that the valve guides are worn, and oil comes into the cylinder via the intake valve. Does anyone have a good way...
• Transmission Guide Pin: Should be Straight?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:52:11 -0800
  ...The guide pin on the older style DK transmission is supposed to be straight right? Much thanks, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0...
• Re: Clutch Judder Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Don Bolt
  Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:21:21 -0500
  ...The shift rod is supported at the Trans on the passenger side by the guide bolt, which is secured to the trans by a...
• Re: A question about the boot that goes over the guide pin at transmission
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 8 Oct 2014 12:14:11 -0700
  It clearly goes over the flange, otherwise the guide pin is exposed when you shift to 2nd or 4th. And I cured my balky...
• Re: Parking brake actuator rod REMOVAL
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:59:50 -0700
  ...It travels through a nylon guide that is also part of the cable. The nylon guide is wedged into a small metal bracket that...
• door grease - '84 Westy Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:34:25 -0700
  ...Inside the door is a sliding window guide and the guiderail. The guide had jumped off the rail, and would jam against it about...
• Re: white smoke/power loss?????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:25:03 -0500
  ...I have seen vans that have given off puffs of blue smoke in hard turns as it turns out the intake guides where gone...
• Valve guide removal / replacement
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:02:35 -0400
  Hello Vanagonites the world over, Has anyone ever removed the valve guides. Bentley mentions nothing of this procedure and the archives appear to be...
• Sticker non-consensus solution
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 08:22:09 CST6CDT
  ...a 'guide' could list an internet and snail mail address. Sooo... a possible guide format could include: -name -internet address -snail mail address -and...
• 1990 Color & Upholstery Guide wanted - Please
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 11:33:26 -0400
  ...If anyone has a "Color & Upholstery Guide" for the 1990 model year, I would very much like to get a copy of it. Please...
• Re: first gear hard to get into
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 4 Sep 2018 09:40:11 -0700
  It is the welded on steel guide that is for 1,2,R The bolted on cast alloy guide separates 3,4 from 1...
• Re: Cylinder Heads 1970 cc Engines
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:55:24 -0700
  ...Lopez wrote: > > have you folks heard about the condition which causes burning of the > valves due to loose valve guides, caused by "poor octane...
• Re: It's smoking! Help!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 00:21:05 -0600
  >In my experience, the scene you describe means valve guides are going. Ben- What's the best solution if this is indeed the case...
• sliding door guide piece?
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Woo Kim
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:29:00 -0700
  ...Do I need the guidepiece (p/n 251843368)? And what's involved in putting this in? Thanks. Jean-Woo PS. I have access to...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:47:53 -0400
  ...http://busdepot.com/links.jsp#GUIDE - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW _____________________________________________ Toll-Free for Orders by PART...
• Idiot Manual
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 17:13:47 -0400
  >I see references to the idiot's guide alot. Is this a real manual or >just a code name for another book? If it...
• Re: Friday Funnies - Mechanic's Tool Guide
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:15:06 -0800
  The Mechanic's Tool Guide is a plagurized version* of a Peter Egan column in Road & Track. I'm sure that it's copyrighted...
• Re: i wish i had 19 grand to blow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:42:52 -0600
  ...BZ > > > ************** > Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL > Travel Guides. > > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states? > ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
• Re: Maria Alovert - Biodiesel Homebrew Guide
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:43:53 -0500
  ...I guess she > > self-published a book called the Biodiesel Homebrew Guide back in the early 2000's, a guide that I would > like...
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:02:55 -0500
  ...This sounds like a classic case of valve guide wear rather than rings. If it's only huffing durring start up anyway.
• Re: pics of the infamous pick n pull van!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 02:32:13 EDT
  ...drawer like those chris ************** Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
• Re: Other groups - a better one? - gasp!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 20:19:21 -0800
  I have a guide pin or two for early shift linkage if anyone needs one. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "BenT Syncro" <syncro@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: Exhaust & intake valve instalation question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 23:13:13 -0500
  ...If you were able to remove the intake valves without de=burring the keeper grooves, most likely the guides are worn. If the guides...
• Re: shifting anomaly...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 4 Oct 2015 10:46:49 -0700
  ...seeing nothing http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1589_784/housing-for-shifter-mechanism.html I suspect this shift guide is worn...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:46:54 -0700
  ...I lapped the valves and checked the guides > > > > before doing the leak test. The guides were amazingly tight still. > > > > So I knew I had...
• Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion engine, long..
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:00:38 -0400
  ...The guides can be chaecked at the same time if you are > careful. It is
• Re: failing brown plastic parts in early vanagons was: Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 09:23:41 EDT
  ...lol thats the real test :<) ************** Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid...
• Re: Excessive Oil Usage
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Feb 95 16:01:56 PST
  ...If your engine burns oil or if valve guides are worn you will see the blue smoke pouring out of the tailpipe. AT the...
• Re: Shift linkage troubles
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:36:52 -0600
  There is also a plastic ring that goes on the guide pin right near the end of the unthreaded end, might try one of...
• Re: seat "guide pieces"
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:45:18 EST
  ...m at it? > > yes, westy swival seat bases have 4 plastic guides that pop into the holes. chris ************** Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch...
• solution: window rattles
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 17:51:32 -0700
  ...Seems to me that the nylon guides have worn over the years. (I think dirt/grit enters through the window seals and sticks to...
• Re: seat "guide pieces"
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:09:21 -0600
  ...seat "guide pieces" > > > when you say "slide", do you really mean "rotate/swivel"?? > > cause the "upper guide pieces" i see in the ekta have...
• Source for Sliding Door lower Guide Bearing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Young
  Sat, 28 May 2011 09:58:22 -0700
  Hi list, My 84 westie had the ball race collapse on the vertical lower guide bearing that sits at the bottom of the sliding...
• re: power window repair
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:28:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My read on the situation at the time was that it wasn't the winder taking up too much cable breaking the guides, but...
• Re: Maria Alovert - Biodiesel Homebrew Guide
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:28:26 -0800
  ...I guess she > > self-published a book called the Biodiesel Homebrew Guide back in the early 2000's, a guide that I would > like...
• Shift guide boot
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:46:49 -0800
  ...At the transmission end I covered the guidepin with a new boot from Bus Depot. Within fewer than 50 miles the boot was shredded...
• Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Sliding Door Latches Poorly
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 23:09:34 -0600
  Be sure the rubber/plastic stop is installed at the front end of the track where the door guide changes direction 90 degrees on...
• Re: "new" john muir publication - frydae
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:52:39 -0800
  ...John Muir Publications > > > >I'm still waiting for "The Guide To Dying in Your Volkswagen." > >-------Jim Stout > > Howsabout "The wasserboxer owner's guide to...
• Re: Other groups - a better one? - gasp!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:32:02 -0800
  ...The guide pin for an '82 is NOT NLA, it's just no longer available commercially new. I have a spare in my tool...
• Re: Power Window Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 06:05:36 EST
  ...Most likely what has happened is one or both of the PLASTIC cables guides and the PLASTIC corner guides of the cable track mechanism...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:30:33 -0700
  Yes, you are right that valve guides must be checked to be within the wear limit to be reusable. Bentley says to insert a...
• Early Vanagon Shift Linkage Available Again!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:12:19 -0400
  I had posted that we were working on reproducing the early 80-82 AC and Diesel Vanagon rear shift linkage guide pins. These have...
• Power Window Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:39:51 -0500
  ...The lower cable guide was pulled loose from the frame upright (rivet missing), and I did not have enough cable slack to bring the...
• Re: Disk brake guide pin boots
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 13 Oct 2022 08:50:25 -0400
  ...Disk brake guide pin boots > > I replaced the upper and lower ball joints on my 91 this week (can there > be a dirtier job...
• calling 5 speeders
  Historical mailing list - John P. Stoneback
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:26:07 -0500
  ...251-711-226 "damper ring") which rides in a groove in the guide pin. Though I tried to heat this boy up before stretching...
• Re: Junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 19:39:33 -0800
  ...The two plastic guide pieces that you found in the > junkyard are also frequently found inside the door of the van on the > bottommost...
• Re: [vanagon] Check out Volkswagen Blues
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:40:48 -0800
  ...here: > http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/readers-guides/volkswagen-blues.pdf_ > (http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/readers-guides/volkswagen-blues.pdf) > > Cheers, > > Frank Condelli
• Re: Transmission Guide Pin: Should be Straight?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:58:53 -0800
  ...bending it. >> Pretty sure the PO or me, bent it. >> >> The guide pin on the older style DK transmission is supposed to be >> straight...
• F! Interesting Discovery - Hitchikers Guide
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 1 Apr 1995 23:12:57 -0800 (PST)
  ...I just saw it in my Millers Collector's Cars Price Guide. The made 100,00o or so of them, ending in 1959. Who...
• Re: Complete Idiots Guide Books
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:44:41 -0800
  Idiots shouldn't own a Vanagon! ;-) Seriously, the closest idiot guide available is the Haynes manual published in Britain. Bus Depot has them, http...
• Re: Shifter "guides"
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 26 May 2013 21:25:54 -0700
  The ears at the bottom of the in cab shifter ride along the guides in the shift box. Of possible interest, an image comparing...
• Cylinder Heads 1970 cc Engines
  Historical mailing list - Archie J. Lopez
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:09:19 -0700
  have you folks heard about the condition which causes burning of the valves due to loose valve guides, caused by "poor octane" ratings in...
• Tire info - definitive source
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:28:30 -0700
  ...use a book entitled "1999 Tire Guide" (get the one for the current year), published by Tire Guides Inc., 1101-6 S. Rogers Circle...
• Electric windows
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:42:03 -0500
  ...The cable guide at the bottom of the window operating unit has come out of position. I have three window units, and all three...
• Re: sliding door guide piece?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:18:58 -0500
  ...There is a urethane rubber piece that fits into that slot and acts as a bumper right at the point where the door guide...
• Re: Fw: Ques: squeak under passenger seat.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:15:22 -0800
  ...When I pulled the thing up, I found the top guide bolt was rusty and was preventing the top of the caliper from sliding...
• Re: Marvel Mystery oil... Should I add it to oil or gas tank (Was: Help! Engine Tapping Noise in Air Cooled Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:31:08 -0500
  Chris, Marvelous Mystery oil is excellent protection for your valve stems and guides, especially when going on a LD road trip, if used in...
• Re: ATE Brake Calipers, NEW $99 / ATE vs. Girling
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:57:38 EST
  ...The elemental difference between the two is that the guide pins of the Girling caliper assembly are fixed to the caliper body and float...
• Re: AVP motor report & questions (pictures)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:30:44 -0400
  ...The head damage was caused by incorrect valve guide removal. The guides were driven out with a punch, hopefully by press, not a hammer...