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• Re: SVX conversion
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:59:24 -0400
  ...Tuesday I pick up a pinball machine for a friend. Wednesday I participate in the playoffs of our Pinball League. Thursday I head off...
• Re: calipers rattle
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 12:55:10 -0800
  ...I had a problem with the pins on my 87 syncro. Instead of excess play, the lower pin was not sliding in the carrier...
• Re: Octane Rating for Waterboxers
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Jul 1997 01:17:27 -0400
  ...If there is any detection of pinging then the higher octane would be useful. Pinging usually exhibits itself under severe engine load like a...
• Brake Shoe Lower Mount Shims: Make-Install Shim Over Pins?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 12:57:27 -0700
  ...If one made thin steel shims to fit over the mount pins, would this reduce purchase of shoe into pin too much and-or...
• Re: pink powder
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:08:57 -0400
  dried battery acid is pink..
• Re: Fog Light wire fire, help!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 28 Oct 2000 23:35:12 -0700
  ...Does the relay pin that goes into relay socket 7 pin 1 correspond to the ground pin of the relay? 3. Does the relay...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:37:27 -0700
  ...Marks on tape closest to pin >>> marks. Working ext was middle leg, and finally left leg. >>> >>> I think, if I’ve rotated things in...
• Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames -- whaat happen?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 18 May 2001 23:03:24 -0500
  Hello Pinkie.. meet a nice '85 Beige Westy named "Da Luv Box." He he! All kidding aside, that is my Westy's name! Chris...
• Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:12:07 -0800
  ...They have 2 brown wires coming from 2 pins on the 14 pin connector. For these, cut both browns leaving a just few inches...
• Re: No Start Scenario, burned out pin D15 !
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 13 Mar 2015 20:58:28 -0700
  The same pins were used on many VW and Audi models. Some years ago I bought a variety of pins from my local dealer...
• Digifant ECU question ....Suffix D or not
  Historical mailing list - "Scott Daniel - Turbovans (by way of Rob )"
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:57:55 -0800
  ...what is the purpose of the BK/W wire ( see page 97.124 and 123 - Bentley ) from pin 4/86 on the relay to...
• Re: 130mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:13:08 -0500
  ...the shadow of the pin is > clearly present. The shadow of the needle is to the right of the pin or the > shadow of...
• Re: &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 14 May 2005 08:17:50 -0500
  ...It's also helpful to get the piston moved to the side so the wrist pin is slightly away from the clip and the...
• Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 2 May 2019 15:02:02 -0700
  ...Once you have the blue foil connector unplugged from the back of the speedo you can see the 6 pins inside the speedo, a...
• [A] parts & info needed for early type II front end
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 03:31:33 GMT
  ...Presumably my king pins and link pins are trashed. I feel confident mechanically that I can pull off the steering knuckle with the link...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:34:54 -0700
  The 5th pin labeling of various OEM VW 5 pin relays does not comport to the diagrams in that link. Use of a generic...
• really trivial Fryedaye email (was RE: the pimp-mobile vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 08:49:49 -0500
  ...It had black pinstripes. ::: :::I spray canned it black but kept pink pinstripes. ::: :::It was NOT a "chick magnet". ::: :::I ended up rolling it...
• Friday: Pinewood Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ken Olsen
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:03:35 -0400
  I've seen another Pinewood Westy before, but I am going to claim mine as the first "2D" printed. As the Cubmaster, I built...
• Re: Fifth connection on relay
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:37:50 -0800
  That resource does not include the version of 5 pin relay that VW used for the fridge and aux battery relays. The VW relay...
• Knock Knock ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:02:17 -0800
  ...It sounds a bit like ping, but the behavior is not always ping-like: * only happens under 1/2 to full throttle under load...
• Starter question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:23:15 -0800
  '87 Vanagon starter- The drive pinion would not retract, I took the solenoid off and I can slide the drive pinion in and out...
• Re: Registry of Vanagon Nicknames -- whaat happen?
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 19 May 2001 11:34:47 -1000
  > Hello Pinkie.. meet a nice '85 Beige Westy named "Da Luv Box."< Now see what you've stared, HK? Mick Hilo, Hawaii ----- Original Message...
• Test Sonar Ping, "One ping only"
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Thu, 20 May 1999 08:28:24 -0700
  Gerry, Can you hear me?
• Re: Firming up those flabby armrests
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:55:25 -0700
  ...Put the tapered end of the pin in the hole, tap gently using the second bolt head on the pin and the pin should...
• Re: Arm rest pivot repair
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:26:23 -0500
  ...chair armrests are put on with a roll pin. > > use your fingers and compress foam on the armrest between armrest and > > seatback, so you...
• Re: Vanagon Stereo Install
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 05:44:37 -0700
  --- Randy Huyck <Fritz_H@MSN.COM> wrote: > Any stereo gurus out there that can tell me the pin > assignments for a mid-90's...
• Re: A favor...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 07:29:19 -0800
  Digifant -Vanagon TempI pin 9 TempII pin 10 Mark Kenneth Lewis wrote: > ...could some please look up in the Bentley what pins, on the...
• Re: High Octane was: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 19:31:43 +1200
  > >The key is to listen for pinging. If you can't hear your motor very >well, try warming the motor up thoroughly, then take...
• Re: Joe's Tranny questions...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:28:33 EDT
  ...Crack prone 3rd/4th hub If 4.83 ring and pinion then usually bad Easy to fix during rebuilds. Replace old style with new...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:03:15 -0700
  The horn relay is nothing special, just a generic "bosch style" 4 pin relay. Every VW has a couple and many other cars do...
• Re: Piston Pin
  Historical mailing list - Don Kane
  5 May 1995 10:05:15 U
  ...It just barely fit inside the pin, and then expanded to grip to pin. You can then twist and pull to coax it out...
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:27:43 -0700
  ...Help stuck caliper slide pin > He has an 86+. The brake pads on those don't use those little pins. The > guide pin he...
• Re: Mixing green and pink coolant
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:27:17 -0500
  ...Mixing green and pink coolant Anyone knows if it is OK to mix the green and the pink coolant? Prestone makes a phosphate free...
• Re: &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 14 May 2005 14:38:15 -0700
  ...Once you get the clip off, you need to pull the piston pin. This is fun also. An easy way is to use a...
• Re: brake shoe bottom spacer
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:54:40 -0600
  ...The pins need to come out so a spacer can be fit between the pins and the support hole for the pins. > > The slotted...
• Re: removing wrist pin on #1 & 3
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:37:48 -0400
  ...Once you get the pistons off of the rods and clean up the wrist pins they will go back together much easier than they...
• Re: What is pinging? (Was Re: 73 bus / timing question...)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 09:34:34 -0500
  ...It shouldn't hurt anything, as >>long as the engine isn't pinging (it will be more likely to ping with >>advanced timing) > >What...
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:16:34 -0700
  ...The brake pads on those don't use those little pins. The guide pin he is talking about is the major pin the caliper...
• Piston Pin?!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Fri, 5 May 1995 10:10:42 -0500
  ...The first time I pulled my pistons, I had my brother support the pistions while I tapped the pins out with an extension and...
• Re: Aux Battery system, volts escaping to ground!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:31:33 -0400
  ...Are you measuring the >>>> 2 >>>> amps on pin 85? >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 18:33:21 -0700
  ...of the type of caliper that uses a guide pin, and I may have a good guide pin for whomever needs it. Scott turbovans...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 10:05:32 -0700
  ...Marks on tape closest to pin > >>> marks. Working ext was middle leg, and finally left leg. > >>> > >>> I think, if I’ve rotated things in...
• Re: Armwrestling
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:25:57 -0800
  Putting the Mills pin (that split pin) back in can be a real chore. Try this. Get a 4.5 inch x 1/4x20...
• Bad AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Boland
  Mon, 6 May 2002 21:01:05 -0500
  ...I suspect bad AFW measured pins 6 and 17 at ECU harness and pin 3 & 4 at AFM 554 ohms pins 17 &21 at...
• Re: Armrest Fell Off
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:54:26 -0900
  ...I can see this roll pin, but that leads me to > another question. How hard is it to get that roll pin back in...
• Re: Differences between 82 and 83 turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:09:30 -0700
  In 80-84 the grounding signal for the turn indicator is on pin 14 of the 14 pin connector. Being an end pin it...
• Re: dumb question dept
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:05:01 -0500
  ...On my '84, pin 1 of connector to ECU goes to pin 7 of ignition control. I used ohm meter to confirm connection and...
• Re: wrist pins/boston bob
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:27:55 -0500
  Mike, Jimt and fellow vanagon types The wrist pin noise is not what it sounds like pun intended The term wrist pin noise is...
• F.Y.I. - Pinnacles free firewood
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  18 Mar 1997 17:05:05 -0800
  3/18/97 6:05 PM F.Y.I. - Pinnacles free firewood To those able to go who may be passing through Santa Clara...
• Re: Installing an adjustable armrest
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 17:12:35 -0600
  On Oct 7, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Gilles H Turmel wrote: > Do I drive the spring pin top-down or bottum-up for...
• Re: Armrest Fell Off
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:48:57 -0800
  ...I found the easiest way was to take a steel pin punch with a handle roughly the size of the roll pin and put...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 19:44:54 -0700
  ...The weak pin D15 has a paired larger pin 23 that has the same signal. In other VWs the factory used the stronger D23...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:57:48 -0700
  "I think perhaps someone is worrying about something when it isn't necessary to worry about it." Scott, are you referring to ping that...
• Re: 85 Vangon revs drops, revs drops, revs drops, and then dies after a few minutes of this cycle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:06:31 -0500
  ...Ignition >on, you should have +5 on pin 3, +5 between pins 3 and 4. If those >are good, open the air box so...
• RE: handling on pre '68
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  10 May 1995 07:57:09 -0800
  ...Next, check your link pin for slop. The link pin is the thing near the middle of the torsion tubes that the link arm...
• Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sat, 7 Mar 2015 10:21:47 -0800
  ...The Pinnacle Ceramic is great too. Though the other tint supplier tried to tell me Pinnacle Ceramic was not good. It's been great...
• Re: brake shoe bottom spacer
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:05:29 -0600
  ...The pins need to come out so a spacer can be fit between the pins and the support hole for the pins. >> >> The slotted...
• Re: voltage stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Thu, 20 May 1999 13:20:28 -0500
  The typical "3-pin" regulator has an input pin, output pin, and ground pin. On many voltage stabilizers, the mounting tab is equivalent to...
• Re: Armrest Pin Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 18:23:28 EST
  ...Are these available from any > of > > the aftermarket providers or does anyone know where I can locate one of > > these pins? > > > > Thanks, > did you...
• How to install piston pin on #4 & #2 ?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Adams
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:49:19 -0700
  Hi, I am putting a 1.9 engine back together, starting on the 3/4 side. #3 cylinder and piston pin was quite easy...