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Waterboxer Power vs transplants
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 06:31:04 -0800
...It's more advanced with knock control, I don't known about the weight, with an iron block, my guess is that it's...
Re: 1.9l with 23psi @ 4000 rpm
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 5 Jan 2012 20:03:46 -0600
...Turn the engine > > of > > and the stuff falls off the screen and oil pressure goes back to normal for > > a short time next start...
Re: How much can I "safely" carry in my Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:29:44 -0700
...to that question - so much more than meets the eye - >> the short answer YES HAUL with proper loading and securing - these vans >> are 1...
Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 3 Dec 2011 20:07:52 -0800
...not there or used so > long the oil sludge or carbon blocked the pump inlet screen and bearing > passages. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
Re: Eurovan Wheels FIT Perfectly!!!
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:24:54 -0500
...At 10:26 PM 12/10/2001 -0800, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>Quick history:  '01 & '02 Eurovans come with...
Re: What are my best PC GPS options?
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:41:56 -0800
...has received free upgrades in 3 month blocks for sometime into the future ... for offering them the much coveted update corrected information ... we we...
Re: Clutch Adjustment ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:16:42 -0700
...one thing you can try in the short term is start out in a quite high gear and slip the clutch a lot to...
Re: canvas or acrylic poptop tent
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 07:25:53 -0400
...dimensions were wrong and we wound up short in the back. My father fabricated some blocks of wood which we attached to the squared...
Re: engine dying while driving
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:38:47 -0700
...back to tech . .I was just reminded of a shorted oxygen sensor signal.. intermittantly ..someone should check for that. I have seen the occasional...
Re: CV-Joints question
Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 12:52:57 -0600
...I remember a shortened drive shaft for a project car (blush) which got welded back together (don't ask) with the yoke spun 90...
Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:34:21 -0700
...The short version is that the rebuilder had the van twice, > and for a long time both times. > > When I got it back a...
Re: Winter Storage delimma (rather long, but worth it!)
Historical mailing list - JJ
Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:50:20 -0800
...all the garages I tried were too short! I've checked on at least 4 or 5 so far, and every time the door...
Re: '88 GL Muffler Change - a big PITB!!!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:39:39 -0400
...No real problem, just a time killer while I hunted down new, shorter bolts. All the bolts on the cat and muffler were rusted...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you BTW
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:17:46 -0500
...The only reason you need a short filter is to clear the exhaust. At some point the exhaust has or will need to be...
Re: Gas prices
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:18:57 -0800
...If you put "oil stored in tankers today" in the search block of >>> http://www.news.google.com/ you can find more questions to...
My Turbo Audi 2.0 Project (not short)
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 05:24:17 EDT
...As you are aware, the 3A has the same block height as the RV digifant 1.8 L, but an honest torque enhancement. In...
Re: worst cars - van?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:06:57 -0500
...In short they picked out mostly special interest cars. I have the original invoice on my 83 Westy and it sold new for about...
Re: Should I opt for ALL new water lines?
Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:52:29 -0800
...Someone just saved my @$$ with a short block as I threw a rod a few weeks ago so now I have Syncro with no...
Re: Newbie Presentation
Historical mailing list - Steve Overmyer
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:30:49 +1000
...What I did was attach a number of quick-release axles on blocks to a length of 150x50mm timber (and painted black)This length...
"Smoke in the Cockpit!!!"... Vanagon Drama in Real-life, Part Deux
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:01:12 -0400
...spin around the block to confirm the feeling of our new motor, cleaned our tools, swept up the oil-soaked Tidy Cat, showered our...
Upgrading 1.9 to 2.1
Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:44:02 -0500
...Why did I emphasize those last few words? I found that the lower mounting studs are about a half-inch shorter for the automatic...
Re: Carat - Fair price?/ Carat History
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:58:34 -0800
...short, was raining hard, I moved the wire a bit, no problems since 18. atf spit up from torque converter onto engine block - subsided...
Re: Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:44:52 -0500
...It is shortly after the water pipe repair which included disconnected the temp sensor wire that my problems started. I will check that sensor...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:25:08 -0800
...A highly modified engine to any gearhead means work on to the shortblock and at least the longblock(little help gearheads?). Bolt-on power...
Re: 1.9 > 2.1 cooling kit?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:06:42 -0700
...need about 15 main parts at least, you would need to block off the >> hoses >> to the oil cooler if using a 2.1...
Re: Now: Thanks! (+ Report. Long.) Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? (and fuel press. regulator)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:38:30 -0800
...It was slightly shorter than > > > the other beside it. I replaced the pair on that side. It ran better. > > > Then I realized (Duh. I...
Re: Cooling System failure Prevention Idea
Historical mailing list - mark keller
Mon, 8 Dec 1997 11:24:21 -0400
...I'd suggest perhaps a short question-aire type response in >>the future to really verify this theory. But in leiu of it I...
Re: Muffler upgrade info request
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:29:50 -1000
...You need the longer pipe that screws into the block that the cooler and oil filter mount to. And the large ( 27mm I think...
Adding Dometic Fans by Bill Davidson
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 08:42:49 -0700
...Pay particular attention to the use of plastic bags which tend to spread out and form natural blocks to airflow! The fridges are small...
Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:05:29 -0700
What's the world coming to when Scott has the shortest post in a thread? I was beginning to wonder if you all got...
Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question
Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:47:27 -0400
...The short version is that the rebuilder had the van twice, >> and for a long time both times. >> >> When I got it back a...
Re: I am not alone
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:26:16 -0600
...However they > can still lose head gaskets, crack heads, and even have the deck of the > block get damaged requiring a tear down and...
Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:10:21 -0700
...The largest which I participate in is the Vanagon Owners Group of VOG for short. They had 768 members when I joined the admin...
Re: 14" tires, report...
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 4 Nov 2016 09:44:15 -0700
...Studs also wear down very quickly on non-snow covered roads so their effectiveness is short lived. I live in the mountains in Colorado...
Re: Fuel Injection Adjustment
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 12:20:51 -0800
...NAPA $4.00 16" long, to the AFM and the engine block. Other service bulletins deal with weak connectors, so insuring that the all...
Re: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 7 Jul 2015 22:02:18 -0400
...However, it was in short driving distance and that was a concern to me. At any rate, the clunking sound was caused by the...
More ?s 85 GL Mudflaps/driver's step
Historical mailing list - patrice b
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:30:34 -0700
...So no more short jokes! :-) You step up with the left foot and have to 'climb' with the right leg, or step up with...
Re: coolant pipe repair (long)
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:59:08 -0500
...If the VW coolant lines are either polyethylene or polypropylene-based plastics, good luck getting any kind of bond to create with anything short...
Re: Snow chains
Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:12:38 -0600
...It is true that chains could be necessary, but even then, it will be for a VERY short distance and going at very slow...
The further adventures of Ras Bulli Split [part the fifth].
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Mon, 29 Jul 1996 23:25:11 -0300
...By dusk on Sunday, Ras Bulli spun around the block under his own steam...and stopped too ;) The pedal is still a little spongy...
Re: Waterboxer Power vs transplants
Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 07:39:54 -0700
...It's more > advanced with knock control, I don't known about the weight, with an > iron block, my guess is that it's...
Re: What are my best PC GPS options?
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:49:56 -0800
...Summing up so far, unless you have a second person on board to >> act >>> as navigator the laptop based systems fall far short. Dedicated...
Re: 96R AGM Battery feedback
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:44:09 -0400
...96R AGM Battery feedback > > Looks like my replies are getting blocked so I'll try from scratch. > > > Sometimes timing can be amazing. I have...
Re: Problem Solved: On road, Having problem, coolant related
Historical mailing list
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:09:28 +0000
...and, although used sparingly, it can be a saving grace, on short trips or long. Especially at those free BLM sites with no facilities...
Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:59:28 -0400
...on 2.0 , > is due to the 1.8 intake > manifold shorter runs and at exhaust. > Especially if these are not > tuned to whatever...
Re: Propane fired airconditioning
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:45:40 -0700
...decide to cook your lunch or make some coffee or whatever shortly after you arrive and the A/C system blows a leak during...
Re: Purple springs from H&R
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:07:06 +0100
...They wore out a lot, 3 of 7 spring turns are "on block", so no more spring effect there. The stiffness is independent from...
On Exhaust Cracking, Vibration and Noise (not short) for Converted Vgons
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 03:03:51 EDT
...Right now, the short closely coupled systems (mine in particular) show high EGT values suggesting that the burning charge wave is moving near or...
Re: AT Fluid Burping out of ATF Dip Stick Tube? Causes Trans Malfunction, 88 Auto
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:06:37 -0400
...They > tend to get blocked with road dirt. As the van is driven, the fluid in > the torque converter heats up and expands rapidly...
Road trip debrief (long)
Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
Thu, 3 Jan 2002 13:05:18 EST
...the 1.9 had a SHORTER crank pulley bolt..Hmmm...must be the later 1.9's and the 2.1's have an...
No Vanagon Content, yes it is, no it ain't, tis so.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 7 Aug 2002 22:16:27 -0500
...to see if I was going to run down the block after her. Shortly after that she called from the office and said, �I...
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Thu, 7 Nov 2013 15:48:40 -0800
...have about 6 and don't want much for an assembled short block. >>> You can make a 1.9 DH code engine into 2...
Re: Engine Removal
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:49:00 -0700
...To go a few steps further, today i pulled the entire intake, > > exhaust, fuel injection, and cooling systems, reducing my engine to a block...
Re: I am not alone
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 15:50:18 -0800
...No shortage of parts here, > > thanks to me! LOL > > > > > > > > Plus we have a really good shop here and another in a nearby town. I...
Re: Battery LEDs = Useful life?
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 03:13:01 +0000
...would have to shim the battery up so >>the >>terminals dont short on the body. Sorry for the run-on. >> >>I spent a long...
Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:35:28 -0800
...DK trans or input shaft .. > the DK shaft has to be shortened about 12mm from stock....... Thanks. For sure. I did this at time...
Re: ThreadJack: MY Rebuilt Engine is another saga...
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:11:48 -0500
...Turn right on Eddy Street (about 4 or 5 blocks). City Automotive is in the 2nd block on left side. *Robert <spinner_rcb1@msn...
Trip Report, Baja Whales 2012,part 2
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:14:53 -0700
...One of our party gets shorted on a poor dollar exchange rate and now wants to get pesos asap for future gas purchases. I...
Trip Report #3
Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:33:52 -0400
...We took Jasmine in her new doggie back pack (the Dog Gone Device, DGD) for a short hike...she seemed to like it. We...
Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:47:52 -0300
...There is a short piece cardboard flex line on this opening which terminates under the vehicle inside of the passenger wheel well. I presume...