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• rear left light assembly needed
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:08:32 -0400
  ...Did you ever hear of torque transfer in a differential? Well, >this is one way to learn all about it. Even if the brake...
• Re: More Conversion engine stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 4 May 2007 18:52:19 -0500
  ...it produces a nice flat powerband and has more torque > available than any baywindow engine. If I were installing one I would > use a...
• Re: Engine Conversion Options
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:40:03 -0800
  ...There are CIS-III based and have about 140lb torque across a wide smooth power band. I have one of these in my 87...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 8 May 2016 13:39:21 -0700
  I have an eight foot torque multiplier in my barn... Angus > On May 8, 2016, at 9:46 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote...
• Re: weird noise on right rear continues
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 11:07:04 -0600
  ...Make damn sure they are torqued down as they should be. No if's, ands' or buts. I went through what you are going...
• Re: CV click?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 08:31:26 -0500
  ...The outside wheel will see less torque with > the increase going to the inside wheel. > > More torque, more click. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 15:08:05 -0500
  ...Use a torque wrench to tighten them up. Most importantly so you won't under tighten and have them vibrate loose. This has actually...
• CV Joint bolts, washers, gasket
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sat, 31 May 2025 09:46:29 -0700
  ...My question is about the fasteners and torque specification. When I installed them a year ago, I used the cork gasket that came with...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:31:42 -0400
  The axle nut should be torqued to 360 ft lbs. This is equivalent to a 180 lb person standing on a breaker bar (with...
• Re: Eurovan/Winnebago - just
  Historical mailing list - John Pinkham
  Wed, 13 Jul 94 15:41:03 EDT
  ...blah" 2.5 liter 5 cylinder Broad Torque Engine 109hp@ 4500 rpm 140 ft-lb torque @2200 rpm 4,400 lb towing capacity front...
• HEADSTUD HORROR!
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 05:01:08 PST
  ...going into the final torque sequence (anicipating the sound of the engine firing on the first attempt)... at the specified 37 ft. lbs.... out...
• Re: few things you want to tell the tire changing monkeys at the local tire s...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:12:45 -0500
  ...them.. >> >>> ..insist on them doing it by hand, with a hand torque wrench.. >> >> And no one ever believes me when I suggest the foot...
• Re: 1984 Westfalia Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:06:00 -0400
  The torque converter takes awhile to fill with fluid.Was it full when installed? Also when hot,old transmissions like to shift better. Perhaps...
• EV with Big Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 07 Feb 96 11:23:09 -0800
  ...These new diesels are truly excellent performers, making as much power and torque as the the 5 cyl. gas engine, with lower fuel consumption...
• eurovan recall
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 12:27:29 CDT
  ...The upper locking bolt was not sufficiently torqued during manufacture and can eventually loosen. A loosened bolt could render the steering system inoperative and...
• Thanks for the info...
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:25:17 EDT
  ...Refreshing to know more about you than your knowledge of the torque specs on Alloy wheels, and that you don't believe in burning...
• Re: Transmission cooler for 86 automatic?
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 12:08:23 EST
  Hi Karl , this is a good question! There shouldt be a way to hook on a cooler in the line to the torque converter...
• Re: Opinions Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 23:41:12 -0500
  ...It has 130-165 hp (depending upon model), plenty of low-end torque, and no head gasket concerns. For the moderate difference in cost...
• New Subaru Engines in 2001
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:05:31 -0700
  ...will get a new 3.0l flat six with 210hp (no torque >figures given). > >Warren And, it's only 0.8" longer than the...
• Automatic Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:37:13 -0800
  ...Do you have any idea how to "tighten" up the torque converter so the mileage loss is not so great?
• Re: Tools for engine overhaul on 85 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:33:20 EDT
  My local mechanic has an electronic tourque wrench that actually vibrates when you reach the dialed in torque setting----expensive though. G. 1984 passenger...
• Automatic Transmission for Sale
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:11:28 -0600
  ...I also have the torque converter for it, it's still on the transmission. I would change the input seal. $100 firm, that's...
• Re: Anyone interested in my Vanangon? Automatic R&R
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 18 May 2007 09:47:50 -0700
  >Audi 5oooT automatics have 1 more clutch disc to handle the added >torque/HP of the 170hp inline 5turbo. does this mean when you...
• Re: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:57:05 -0600
  ...I'm > sure that a torque wrench would show uniform torque at each step. It > feels that way, anyhow. Red line and Rev limiter...
• Re: Do head bolts have to be replaced?
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 23:09:38 -0400
  Does this mean that the torque should be increased to allow for this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Alofs" <lalofs@enteract.com> To: "George Averill...
• Re: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 18:20:56 -0500
  ...especially on Waterboxers have to be de-torqued just the same as they have to be torqued down. If they were somewhat loose than...
• Re: Won't go in ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:20:13 -0800
  ...One more thing still did not allow me to install the torque converter. The main shaft has a sleeve around it and it is...
• more on vc humping
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 15:18:34 -0700
  ...Numerical analysis of torque augmentation in viscous couplings Authors: Pan, Chen Affiliation: AA(SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY) Publication: Thesis (PhD). SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Source DAI-B 59...
• Re: stranded
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 28 Sep 1994 09:22:16 -0500 (CDT)
  ...VW dealer that rotated your tires used 500 ft/lb of torque to > put them back on. Ask me how I know... No, I...
• Boston engine service Bulletin #1
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 10:36:28 -0500
  ...In an effort to assist customers with there engine installations I have recently started installing front pulleys and torqued the pulley bolt to 258...
• Radio Antenna replacement -
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:10:00 -0400
  ...The nut was hard to get off so I kept torqueing with the socket wrench - BAD idea. I twisted the base of the old...
• Re: A/T torque converter seal replacement (rabbit trans)
  Historical mailing list - Rich Blake
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:02:54 -0700
  ...A/T torque converter seal replacement Hi Blake, 1) The installed seal depth is not decided by a committee, it's determined by the...
• Re: vw tools?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:41:54 -0400
  ...That gave me plenty of leverage to torque the flyheel. The special tool is very handy, but there are lots of alternatives that can...
• Re: Automatic Transmissions!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 10:37:22 -0800
  ...These are New VW Transmissions WITH NEW Torque Converters too! With all the Slipping Autos being talked about thought I'd Repost this special...
• Re: 90 Automatic Trans Problems
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 3 Feb 1999 23:17:54 -0500
  ...FWIW, I still have 2 auto transmissions available, brand new, not the rebuilt ones that are now being sold, with torque converter, for $1599...
• Tools @ Sears - Canuck members
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 29 May 2001 09:17:15 -0600
  ...30% off open stock sockets, wrenches, and torque wrenches are on sale. I got a set of 10 "professional series" open/box wrenches for...
• Re: tdi
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 12:58:52 -0500
  ...Competing against the 400+hp gorillas of the rally world, the TDI's torque make makes the little Golf consistently one of the fastest...
• Re: My Lug nut Plea
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:37:17 -0700
  ...that they ALWAYS finish the lug nuts by hand with a torque wrench. When I first saw that I realized that they might know...
• Re: toque converter seal question?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 00:09:47 +0000
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P><BR>Hi, the torque converter seal goes flush, if not, it will leak. Trust me, BTDT. How...
• nylon head nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:09:28 -0700
  ...They claim that this eliminates the need to re-torque the head. Anybody else heard of this, and if so where can they be...
• Re: switching from manual to automatic
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:56:41 -0700
  ...I think I'd settle for a taller R&P set with a lockup torque converter, but that's just as unlikely (the lockup...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:36:44 -0500
  ...In fact all were at torque. Compression and leak down poor on cylinders 1 and 2. #1 intake valve leaking bad. I am suspecting...
• Re: Rotary Motor
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 18 Aug 2001 09:29:29 -0700
  ...For a heavy van what you need is an engine with a good > spread of torque, including at low RPM. A rotary would work...
• Re: Aluminum in the threads
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 May 2002 12:41:29 -0500
  ...When you torque the plug, even though the torque gage reads correct, it will not be the proper torque for hole diameter, and when...
• Re: Auto Tranny Final Drive, Oil Change?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:20:12 -0400
  ...Pay attention to the torque process in the manual, you will need to torque the bolts, wait 5 minutes as I recall (this allows...
• Re: Stroking a type 4
  Historical mailing list - Scott Morrow
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:08:16 -0500
  ...It will give more torque and power >without expensive modifications. If mor is needed, go the corvair option. >Dennis. I had a 140hp corvair...
• Re: Forget the Drums, How do you get the Lug nuts OFF!
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:53:03 -0800
  ...Now you've got torque. Mulitply your wieght by 5 and you know the torque potential. That nut will jump off from fright alone...
• Re: engine conversion experiences (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:22:01 -0800
  ...you need low end torque in off road conditions. > >There can't be any dispute that, with respect to torque, the Diesel >would be...
• Re: Retorgueing Heads
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 13:57:27 -0800
  ...Just don't have at it and try bringing up the torque from its corroded in place state. Okay I'll admit it, after...
• Subaru Engines (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 26 May 2004 22:56:49 -0400
  ...The Forester gets a differently tuned engine, with more torque (sounds right up a Vanagon's alley) Also 2.5 liter Turbo, but only...
• Re: Oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:20:36 -0700
  ...in 50 years of nearly full time car repair I have never heard of anyone using a torque wrench on a drain plug. It...
• Re: FW: Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 07:37:56 -0500
  ...Since it is a gear reduction starter it is trying to make more torque. It does this by turning the engine over exactly half...
• Re: Latest dyno run
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:21:35 -0400
  Yes our dyno runs are wheel horsepower/torque... we're not at all interested in the let's publish the highest number we can...
• Re: Success and clunk question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 1 Jul 2022 15:54:19 -0400
  ...Random, irregular, rhythmic? >> Does “shocks seem fine” mean you have checked that all shock mounts are torqued? >> gp >> >> ‘87 T3 >> ‘81 R65 >> ‘61 TR3...
• Re: LVC Auto Tranny & Neutral at Stop Lights
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:04:39 -0500
  Well, having it in gear means that the fluid in the torque converter is being agitated, producing more heat and using more gas, assuming...
• Peloquin torque biasing differential
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:17:10 -0900
  ...Just wanted to give a report of a Peloquin limited slip differential, or I guess more correctly called a torque biasing differential. I have...
• AW: Flywheel Lightening little vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:12:30 +0100
  ...David Marshall[SMTP:vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG] <snip> > A lightened flywheel is not desired when you want torque. <snip> Hi David, 1.sorry but imo...
• Re: type of oil and washer
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 15 Sep 2001 13:11:59 EDT
  ...I also know that the breakaway torque when removing the drain plug far exceeds the torque I apply when I install it. I know...
• Re: Auto to manual conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:20:04 -0700
  ...I suppose one could have a new R&P set machined, but man, that would be expensive! The torque converter situation appears to also...
• Loosing transmission oil
  Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:10:39 -0400
  ...I’ve emptied the thanny and redo the joint with a gasket maker, torque the bolt to 10 Nm. After 1 month of running...