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Re: Oil temperature sender
Historical mailing list - C. Abney
Sat, 14 Jan 2017 06:44:13 -0800
...A >> year >> >> > or so ago I read somewhere where someone installed an oil temperature >> sender >> >> > on the rear of the engine where the grey...
Re: Engine conversion ?
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:39:38 +0100
...Also, VWs are better to install because of the similar engine/tranny mounts, the wiring is easier to adapt (dynamic oil pressure etc.) and...
Re: Oil on crank/water pump/alternator belt
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Sun, 9 Oct 2016 16:33:14 -0500
...16px"><div>Think behind the license plate door is tough?  I have a later model Golf engine with the serpentine belt.  One...
Speedometer Cruise Control Pickup Hole: '81 and '85
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:53:31 -0700
...Is there a cruise control pick up (hall) that mounts in the early model speedometers? Thanks, Neil. PS. After removing the speedo cable en...
Re: Oil cooler in 1980-1982 aircooled buses?
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:38:17 -0500
...no oil cooler other than the one tucked away under the engine tin. Don't know what you saw in that junkyard. Pumping oil...
Re: Tow hitch needed - the kind that hides behind the bumper, or is integrated with the bumper.
Historical mailing list - Bruno Walser
Fri, 5 May 2017 09:27:22 -0400
...Noting goes under the van or > attaches to the engine support so it works with any engine conversion. > Currently I'm asking $325 plus...
Re: Phrydae Question: Who drives a TDI?
Historical mailing list - Pete O
Fri, 2 Nov 2012 15:34:05 -0400
...maintenance repairs, rubber mounts, CV boots, a brake mount >>> pin.... >>> Total cost $13K so far. >>> >>> A must for long engine life -- VW spec oil...
FS: 1.9TD with complete FF Vanagon Conversion Kit (PDX, OR ) $4500
Historical mailing list - David J
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:50:54 -0700
...The original owner told me the engine is a 2002 (it must be newer than 1999 because the exhaust flange is not symmetrical, he...
Re: parting out '82 diesel vanagon.. want to put a inline 4 gas or diesel in ur van?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:12:26 -0800
...Maybe he has the engine supports too? And googling area code 609 gives me New Jersey. (says the Canuck --- ;^) Neil. On 1/17/08...
Re: Mega oil leak
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:41:51 -0500
Get down and look up under the left side of the engine where the oil filter mounts. Above the oil filter will be an...
Middle 3 person seat F.S.
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:23:45 -0500
...This seat fits in your > existing mounts, but is cantilevered out to seat a third person in the > middle. > > These seats will be scarce...
Re: Dropping the tranny - advice NEEDED
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:23:17 -0600
...the engine hang loose on > the > > longer bolts. > > If you drop the angled weight of the engine and tranny on the > motor > > mounts you...
Re: mixing urethane and rubber bushings
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 6 Sep 2014 14:01:58 -0700
...I would not mix >> bushings and mounts of drastically different durometer on single component, >> such as transmission/engine. You want to be careful about...
Re: how much oil in 82 diesel
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Mon, 13 May 2002 18:08:27 -0700
In my conversion ( '89 RV into '90 Basic Vanagon using '83 diesel carriers and mounts) I bolted the rear of the carriers through the...
Re: Baffling clamp
Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
Sat, 12 May 2007 20:50:37 -0400
...What > perversion those VW engineers trafficked in! THat tank venting system is > downright stupid. > > At any rate, I was putting things back together (please...
Re: '87 Vanagon shudders in Reverse
Historical mailing list - Eric R. Gougar
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 09:34:23 -0700
...Both my rear engine mounts are OK. > > I had someone let the clutch out for me while I looked at the engine to > see...
Re: Another operating temp question
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:32:11 -0600
...Audi 5000, the > sender > mounts in the oil pressure port on the bottom side of my type IV > Engine. > I've also tried the...
Re: Spillbuster cup/glass holder
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:39:27 -0800
...For a man of your engineering talent, I expect >> a LED lighted dashboard version of one of those wave machines I remember >> seeing back...
Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:01:29 -0400
...hbudiman@aol.com 70 VW CAMPER, exc cond, new engine, many new parts. (203) 268-2983. Trumbull 72 1/2 TRANSPORTER, bus, new clutch...
Re: Useful Brake Drum Tip - ?? - PICS
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:59:58 -0700
...I use it on nearly > all fasteners, especially those going into captive nuts on the body, like tranny > nose cose mounts, where you really...
Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:40:22 -0400
...As for the mounts, there are a number of aftermarket sources but I find they just are not quite right. If you can get...
Re: New owner questions
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:50:37 -0800
...items and it is >> rare that anyone addresses those radius rod mounts. Yet they are so critical >> to maintain wheel alignment (caster) as the...
Re: Turnkey Proposal Rocky Mountain Westy
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 24 May 2012 21:14:08 -0500
...mcneely ---- Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM> wrote: > In my mind, turnkey is an engine with mounts, accessories, wiring harness > and whatever else is needed...
Re: Battery relocation to engine compartment
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Wed, 1 Jan 2014 23:15:28 -0800
there's no existing engine compartment battery mounting bracket or support in waterboxer vanagons, though installing the battery sideways behind the right tail light...
Re: more problems with 82 westyn/noise, bearings, wiring.
Historical mailing list - D&J
Tue, 5 Nov 1996 09:31:06 -0700 (MST)
...a quick grab which can kill the engine at low rpm, :shake the engine off its mounts at the right rpm and engage smoothly...
Re: Swap Entire '85 Shift Linkage into '81?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:25:59 -0800
...bolt to the nose of the trannies �are > different - the early mounts with 3 bolts, the later with 4. > I think you will find...
Re: Transaxle mount, possible source A1 chassis?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:11:35 -0700
...You can get polyurethane inserts for the A1 mounts as well, if you REALLY want to firm things up. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive...
Re: sorry, (need conversion 1.8, etc)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:56:28 -0700
...It's a 2000's ear Ford engine versus a 90's era VW engine. The ford sure should be more powerful and efficient...
Re: Other Engine Swaps
Historical mailing list - jimt
Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:35:01 -0600
...You end up taking the firewall out and then designing new mounts for transmission and engine. You would almost have to use the automatics...
Now it starts: racing idle
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:17:59 -0300
...Is it possible that I have loose/worn transmission or engine mounts which are allowing enough play to affect the throttle at idle? The...
Re: '82 Diesel -Curious noise
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Sat, 8 Jan 2000 07:36:18 -0500
...mounts are just getting too weak? HELP Oh well, it's going in to the professional on Monday for its 1000 mile post engine...
Re: 84 manual transmission - pops out of 4th
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:02:25 -0600
...transmission and engine > move > slightly when accelerating or slowing. > > Maybe I need a new transmission mount. > > I have all new engine mounts less than...
Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:59:00 -0800
...junction in them.. >> the muffler is still mounted to the engine with rubber mounts. >> >> the stock system is So Good that I have reproduction...
Re: [Re: complaints / Dansk Exhaust / Ford Purchase Recommendation]
Historical mailing list - greg rich
Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:00:54 MDT
...on a fresh engine on my work bench, not on an engine installed in the van with twisted engine mounts. I expect a new...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:47:02 -0400
I have a couple of these vanagon engine support bars for just such a purpose. I recommend 'notching' the engines' sump (if possible and...
Re: Heading to Colo. TRAILER TALES
Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
Sat, 07 Jun 1997 07:49:59 -0500
-- [ From: * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- Doc, We drive an 84 Westy, 157,000 miles on spedo, original engine. About 30, 000 recent miles towing...
Westy living. Was: Westy Questions
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Feb 97 22:36:51 EST
...wire, extra nuts and bolts, (m6 is a very popular size on the diesel engine ;) metal brackets with bolt holes, expoxy "radiator" glue (JB...
Re: Grinding sound when rounding corners
Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:10:41 -0800
...So I >> replaced the four rear engine mounts which didn't look so good; so I >> thought that was it. Nope. I checked the...
Re: Volvo B230FT Engine --> Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:46:12 -0800
...jobs, clutch jobs, and engine mounts ....... but at least I had not really seen that type of volvo engine out of the car. By...
Re: (costs)happenings with home engine repair: The big picture(par...
Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:22:26 -0800
...Much of my costs was buying tools for the job, fuel hoses, > coolant hoses, tranny gaskets, engine mounts, etc. WHICH I would have > incurred...
Re: Replaced Fuel Injection Lines - Now Rough Low Idle '87 GL
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:07:00 -0700
...runs smooth, engine is not jumping around in the mounts anymore. But as soon as I let it go, and it idles down at...
Re: Thumping when start van
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Wed, 21 Nov 2001 07:36:37 -0800
...Could the starter be causing this problem? My '88 has been doing this for a while, and I've suspected engine mounts also, since...
'90 Carat (Grover) engine transplant - Final chapter
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:50:59 -0500
...filter, and pan seal on trans *All new botls at engine and trans mounts *Relaced Distributor with a known good (one that was there...
Carry an outboard & 1.9ltr conversion
Historical mailing list - Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 23:51:54 -0700
...I am really interested in this conversion and would like to begin it soon if engine, mounts and instructions are available. I'd like...
Re: Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 6
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:40:50 -0400
...The engine was teetering on two motor mounts. It turns freely, > and there is no ridge on the cylinder walls where the rings stops...
Re: 1.9L Hose Replacement
Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
Sun, 30 Mar 2014 22:27:18 -0400
...pump across the engine to a metal > right-angle pipe near cylinder #2. Since I'm replacing the motor mounts > and have the muffler...
Re: tiico vibrations/interesting testing done.
Historical mailing list - Nock
Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:32:42 -0800
...Feels like a 2.0 litter engine with modest engine mounts.. Sounds the same from 2000 to 5000 rpm. Just faster. I can no...
Considering sale of Syncro Westy
Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:47:46 -0700
...In fact, I've never even unpacked it. * Retractable camp awning which mounts on the passenger side. I don't recall the brand name...
Re: Jetta Conversion Observations
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:40:29 -0800
...plain ol' steel wheels. � ��Engine mounting angle is stock VW and it's "floating" on Mercedes 190 motor mounts, an extra expense which didn...
Re: Fun with fixing up stuff...(long post)
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 11:15:22 -0400
...mounts have resulted in a super smooth inline...I thought it was > pretty good before, but after my latest change to my cross-engine...
Re: 1.9L Hose Replacement
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:47:54 -0400
...pump across the engine to a metal right-angle pipe near cylinder #2. Since I'm replacing the motor mounts and have the muffler...
Re: Spillbuster cup/glass holder
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:51:15 -0800
...For a man of your engineering talent, I expect a LED lighted dashboard version of one of those wave machines I remember seeing back...
Re: Tapping under rear passenger wheel area
Historical mailing list - Todd
Wed, 6 Jan 2010 11:29:38 -0800
...Fresh new engine mounts brought up the engine/exhaust just a bit higher, eliminating the tapping completely. Simply duck under the back with the...
Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:30:37 -0500
...New cat, new muffler, new rear engine mounts. >
Re: Selling Various Vanagon Parts in Austin, TX
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:26:44 -0700
...manual transmissions for '84-91, $350 ea. > > One automatic transmission & differential (trans won't shift into 3rd gear) > > Radiators, cooling fans & sheet metal mounts...
Re: Some 1600cc questions.
Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
Mon, 15 May 1995 09:53:21 -0400 (EDT)
...engine, I now find the mounting bar for the 1600 is the other way round > (rubber on the chassis mounts, bolts on the engine...
Red face (was: Oops, I "fixed" the alternator light)
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:03:00 -0800 (PST)
...The way an alternator mounts on the Chevy 60-degree V6 with AC (which this engine evidently had but no longer has), gives an...
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Historical mailing list - Chris S
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:13:29 -0400
...The entire exhaust system is hung on rubber mounts, which prevents cracking, but the toilet bowl joint is fairly stiff so the pipes resonate...
Re: Coolant sludge? (link to pics)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:50:50 -0800
...rad for the engine swap project. So far, the useful cooling system parts from this parts van are rad mounts, fan, front hoses, and...
Re: 1.9l WBX to 2.1l WBX Swap Tips?
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:52:47 +0000
...exhaust headers, transverse pipes, c-pipe or > muffler? > Exhaust brackets different? > Engine mounts/bed rail fitting issues? > 1.9l starter re-use issues? > 1...