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• AC leaks water from the evaporator tray?
  Historical mailing list - HOTZE, BRETT C [AG/1000]
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:07:46 -0500
  Has anyone experienced leaking of water from the evaporator tray? The shop manual states that to remove the evaporator housing you must start from...
• Hey Vendors, looking for oil pump.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 31 May 2001 15:53:27 -0500
  Existing pump information below; The OEM number for my pump is 021.115.141a Additional mark on pump unit 2a Housing Number 021.115...
• Re: [info] stock temp guage & vdo guage (coolant)???
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 08:00:57 -0400
  I carefully drilled and tapped a hole on the thermostat housing for the VDO temp sensor, and it has to be grounded in order...
• ISO Upper Steering Column Housing
  Historical mailing list - 406 Westy
  Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:46:10 -0600
  Looking for the plastic upper steering column housing, part #251-953-515ABK. Anyone know where I can get my hands on one? *Matt* Missoula...
• Re: Lowering A/C cabinet in a Westy easier than bus ?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:29:19 -0400
  I lowered the AC housing in my 87 Westy and the evaporator is bolted to the ceiling separately. In order to lower it, you...
• Re: Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:48:00 -0400
  ...Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non In looking at my project, 1989 2.1 wbx, I have found a VDO temp sensor that fits...
• Re: Leaking thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 8 May 2002 10:19:36 -0500
  ...I've torqued down the thermostat housing bolts and the leak went away. Boy, that was a relief! Chris. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Air Conditioning... Add another evaporator?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 14:30:08 -0500
  Wise list, Anyone out there who has removed/revamped their front heater blower motor housing please advise me on this one: Any reason why...
• Re: Check this part out on ebay..............
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:01:47 -0700
  If Paul in Tracy tried to reach me about a 1.9 t-stat housing.. try again, via email. someone sent me a picture...
• headlight housing, pasenger side 1989 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:17:54 -0700
  Does anyone have a good used headlight housing for a 1989 vanagon passenger side? I need one. I drove into a shopping cart at...
• Re: thermostat housings now being made
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:24:01 -0800
  AFAIK, the Syncros all came with the metal housing, can't be certain. Look at your wiring for the temp gauge sender to see...
• Re: Replacing 1.9 Thermostat Short Hose
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:31:26 -0500
  ...between the thermostat housing and engine. > Do I have to remove the water pump as well as the thermostat housing or can > I take...
• Re: Darn Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 10:37:21 -0800
  Did you use a new o-ring in the T-stat housing? Replace that and you should be okay. Don't over tighten those...
• Re: Axle Bearing Kits
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 14 May 2008 10:43:37 -0400
  ...Make note of the positions of the old bearings as they meet with the housing. Don't press them too far into the housing...
• Thermostat help needed
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:41:03 -0400
  My thermostat is leaking around the seal where the upper and lower thermostat housings meet. I put thermostat in with engine out of the...
• Re: LVC Any adhesive gurus out there?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:55:34 +1000
  ...I have the lamp housing attached to the adapter > with some baling wire but need a bit more backup strength. > > On the lamp housings...
• Mirror Insert Needed for Power Mirror
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:32:17 +0000
  I've had a passenger side power mirror for quite awhile and finally came accross a driver's side housing at a junkyard recently...
• Re: Question about therm. housing blockage
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 07:38:01 -0700
  I would replace the whole thermostat housing and coolant distributor as well. Both of those parts have a nasty habit of splitting in half...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 23:02:47 -0800
  ...In my SVX conversion there is an adapter plate, > so there is 1) engine to adapter plate, 2) adapter plate to bell > housing, 3...
• Re: Directional Signals
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 10 May 95 09:36:04 CDT
  ...a big bead of it around the back of the housing, let it set up and dry, then put the housing back on. joel
• syncro temp sensors
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:07:30 -0400
  ...The syncro housing is metal (aluminum I would guess) and these sensors screw into it. I see pictures of them in my microfiche but...
• Re: [90Vanagon] Do thermostat housings go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 23:08:15 -0500
  ...I guess I really cant be sure of the condition of the housing unless I completely remove it. Thanks, Tim At 3:27 AM...
• thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - patrick rueb
  Wed, 28 May 2008 18:28:03 -0700
  i am replacing my 1987 thermostat housing. does any know what size bolts holds it on to the engine. is it allen,torx or...
• perhaps a 7 dollar fix
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:56:24 -0700
  ...NEED HELP W/ THERMOSTAT HOUSING Dear List members, It appears that the Thermostat housing is leaking where it attaches to the block/head on...
• Re: DOT 3 & DOT 4 (where's the reservoir?!)
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:04:52 -0700
  > It is located in the speedo housing. To get to it, sit in > the driver seat, reach over the housing to the windsheild side...
• NEED HELP W/ THERMOSTAT HOUSING
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:37:52 -0400
  Dear List members, It appears that the Thermostat housing is leaking where it attaches to the block/head on m '88 Vanagon 2.1...
• diesel bell housing, oil pan...what are they worth?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:12:21 -0700
  Hi gang, Have access to a diesel bell housing, and oil pan? whaat are they worth? any takers? mark --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and...
• Re: Rear trailing arm/wheel hubs/bearing housing same for all years?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:37:14 -0500
  On Nov 23, 2007 3:57 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Are the rear trailing arms, wheel hubs and bearing housings the...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 18 May 2003 20:08:09 -0500
  ...the transmission housing that hold the bell housing to > the bus, not the four that hold the engine to the bell > housing. Phil > > __________________________________ > Do...
• Re: Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads stone cold
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:19:10 -0500
  ...if there are several thousand ohms between thermostat housing and ground, then ditto for sensor housing, and gage will read cold irrespective of engine...
• Re: later model vanagon parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Fri, 14 May 2004 08:09:12 -0400
  I am speaking of the evaporator housing, the plastic part that the speakers mount into, mine is cracked. Most of the time the water...
• Re: Installation of Spearker in an 87" Westy
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:08:43 -0600
  Terry wrote; >>The rear speaker's are a different story. >>The evaporator , housing , box, housing >>has to be dropped down to access >>the speaker...
• Re: 87: coolant temp sensor for syncro
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 12:39:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My original '87 Syncro engine had an aluminum > thermostat housing and a screw-in temperature sensor. The 1990 engine had a > plastic thermostat housing...
• 6-2-12: flywheel, bell housing
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:40:54 -0400
  ...The conversion books I read stated that I need a 12v starter, and I must enlarge the bell housing 1/10". What the books...
• Re: can't get ignition switch housing off steering column
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:35:42 -0600
  ...turn housing over and using a Reed+Prince type Phillips screw driver, remove screw that holds the ignition switch to ignition switch housing; 13...
• A/C drip pan '85 Westy question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 23:41:12 -0400
  ...I saw no means to attach it to the housing. Thanks, Mike '85 GL Westy
• Re: Replacing 1.9 Thermostat Short Hose
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:54:13 -0500
  ...What I do remember is being shocked about how much pitting there was in the housing. I can see it perforating at some point...
• Re: Replacing thermostat on 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:46:50 -0400
  At 15:23 9/28/2000, Jeffrey R wrote: >You mean to tell me you have to remove the entire thermostat housing to >replace...
• Re: Looking for some more 1.9l Vanagon Thermostat Housings
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:50:12 -0400
  Man, you really do collect the worlds right square headlights, 1.9 thermostat housings, and distributors! Lol. I'm all out, you've gotten...
• Re: Warning:To Syncro owners
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 20:59:07 -0300 (ADT)
  ...I think it's the low gears under load trying to spread themselves apart that wrecks the housing, the reverse idler gear is on...
• Re: Need help with '91 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Haddad
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:47:29 -0400
  ...Then we removed the 6 bolts holding up the housing so we could drop the housing a little. At this point, you can remove...
• Re: Aluminum thermostat housing............
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:35:51 -0700
  Hi Paul, there are two vanagon waterboxer engines that use an aluminum thermostat housing.. the 1.9 waterboxer, or the 2.1 Syncro .. It...
• overhead a/c for sale (was:Re: grey a/c housing
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 2002 13:46:27 EDT
  In a message dated 5/29/02 11:59:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Tonya@HOLOREALITY.COM writes: > The AC housing in the rear...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:43:06 -0500
  Morning everyone!! Does anyone out there know what size H4 headlight housings I need to buy to replace the 9004 headlights in my '87...
• Re: hall sender & cold start & tempII
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 16:55:50 -0700
  Yep, My 90 Westy Syncro has the lower metal thermostat housing... so I guess Bus Depot is selling the wrong part on the web...
• Re: 1984 1.9L engine UPPER THERMOSTAT HOUSING
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:46:51 -0700
  ...1984 1.9L engine UPPER THERMOSTAT HOUSING > My mechanic pressure tested my cooling system this morning and found a > pinhole leak in the upper...
• Does anyone have a thermostat housing 025 121 117D they want to sell?
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:44:55 -0600
  This housing is on the 1984 type vanagons and bolts to the water pump. The bolts used to connect the short hose coupler are...
• Re: Looking for 1.9l Thermostat Housing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:01:56 -0700
  ...Looking for 1.9l Thermostat Housing >I need the upper thermostat housing for a 1.9l Vanagon. Let me know if > you have one...
• Re: '87 GL - missing cooling system bits
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:05:23 -0400
  ...Does it sound like the missing piece is indeed the >thermostat housing? Did any years have some other part of the cooling >system on...
• Re: Mirror Insert Needed for Power Mirror
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:11:19 -0800
  I believe in the past I was able to salvage a mirror from a non power vanagon plastic housing for the power mirror, by...
• Re: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:15:59 -0500
  On the 2.1, the housing is higher than the head (it's as high as the oil tower, almost exactly). It's bolted...
• Check this part out on ebay..............
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:59:06 -0700
  ...Audi 400 Fox VW Dasher Jetta Rabbit Engine Water Pump Thermostat Housing Meyle | eBay<http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audi-400-Fox-VW-Dasher...
• Re: hall sender & cold start & tempII
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:02:04 EDT
  ...The syncros I have seen (which is only a couple) have had a aluminum or some type of metal bottom to the thermostat housing...
• Re: Rusting Transmission Housing
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 11:15:57 EST
  ...You'd be getting white curd if the tranny housing is oxidizing. I would just wire brush the tranny case and paint it with...
• Help - Looking for a 1.9 thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:05:04 -0700
  HELP! need a thermostat housing for an 84 Hi all, I was getting my other car (525 BMW) repaired when I spotted an 84...
• Suggestions for heater housing repair product needed
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 12:19:23 -0500
  I need to make some repairs to my black plastic heater housing and I don't know what product is appropriate. Basically some of...
• Re: AC housing reconstruction...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:17:26 -0400
  The tabs on the rear evaporator housing were only in the early years. In later years, they were removed and a different mount point...
• Thermostat Hose
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:27:55 GMT
  Hi list, While puttering around with the Temp Sensor II on my 87 Syncro, I noticed that a hose was disconnected from thermostat housing...
• Re: Help - Looking for a 1.9 thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:49:25 EDT
  Joel-- I got mine at the VW dealer for about $225 for the upper housing a few years back. I'm not sure if...
• Plastic thermostat housings for 2.1l Vanagon back in stock!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:01:04 -0400
  We just got a stock of the plastic thermostat housings from Germany. These are brand new OE units that have reproduced in Germany after...