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• Re: I need an engine pulling workspace on Long Island
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 30 May 2006 20:38:55 -0700
  ...I need an engine pulling workspace on Long Island >I recently bought a Syncro with a blown engine. I live in NYC > (Manhattan) and...
• Choice of Lube
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:10:29 -0500
  ...I'm heading the route of fast and easy since I need to pull my cluster anyway. I'm thinking of just shooting some...
• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:56:13 -0700
  ...Don't know if it was the pulled socket, or the cooler weather. Temp is running with the needle just overlapping the right side...
• locating my water/oil leak
  Historical mailing list - kevin armstrong
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:20:28 -0700
  ...Drained the water system then the oil to prevent corrosion and will be pulling off the injectors et al tomorrow to assess the 'head...
• Re: '64 Deluxe Engine #?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 06:31:15 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I assume you do have the pull out cab > door handles, which means it is an early 64 model, buildt before 18 dec 63...
• Re: 87 syncro: Dead #2 cylinder. Injector?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 10:14:11 -0500
  ...Stop, pull #2 cylinder plug wire from distributor, no difference >in engine. Pull any other wire and engine gets noticebly rougher. Put wire >close...
• 86 ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:49:04 -0500
  ...Should the v notch on the pulley line up with the case split at 2000-2500 rpm as the Bentley discribes page 28.42...
• Removing water pump pulley
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 09:13:07 -0500
  ...Haynes has a single instruction for taking the 3 pulley bolts out that basically says "do it." Is there a trick to binding up...
• 2.1 longblock core FS/Rear Pulley removal?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 14:01:47 -0600
  ...Since the rear pulley on the 2.1 has mucho torque on it, any shade tree tricks to lock the motor up and twist...
• While Gas Tank is out???
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 12:50:05 -0700
  ...Also, any advise or tricks for pulling this thing would be greatly appreciated as well. Thanks Mike Edwards 82 vanagon wolfsburg westy Get 250...
• Re: Snowblower help on Friday
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 23:31:06 -0600
  ...Lay it on the head, and pulll the starter through a cople of times, and see if you have any spark---- If you have...
• Rear heater core
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 20:02:42 -0700
  ...Actually, I was determined to pull out the whole thing, at least for now, if there was more wrong. Well, there was a lot...
• Re: Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:18:44 -0700
  ...If you pull the relay 43 from the (hidden in 83-85) socket you can eliminate a few causes and narrow it down to...
• Re: Rad. fan test
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:13:09 EST
  ...Anybody know >> Bob, To proof out the fan motor itself, pull the red conductor from the radiator fan resistor and feed 12 V. into...
• Re: '82 Diesel vanagon. Longer replacement alternator pulley spindle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Aug 2022 22:34:28 +0000
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• Repairing intake stud
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:29:02 -0400
  What is the best solution in repairing intake stud that pulled out of head?! Thanks! Ron & Natalie Carscadden Sudbury, Ontario, Canada '74 VW Westfalia
• Re: bodywork idea????
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 02:26:23 -0500
  another idea is to weld a nail or some such on the outside of th edent, pull it out, then grind the nail off.
• removing dash to replace bulb
  Historical mailing list - LouiZe!
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:55:43 -0500
  Suggestions please on how to pull the dash cover to replace the speedo bulb? It doesn't wanna come off. thkx LouiZe
• windscreen washer filler...
  Historical mailing list - Philip and Buffy Simmons
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 15:02:54 -0800
  Cant seem to find the reservoir that I fill to make the "washer" work. Pulled off the grill but no luck.any help? Thanks!
• removing bench seats
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:00:51 -0800
  how are most people removing the middle bench seats? by unscrewing the rails? or pulling the carpet out and sliding it off the rails..
• Re: Harrowing?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:56:01 -0700
  Harrowing experience? I dont' see how you can pull a disk harrow in real soil even with a syncro svx. Any other harrowing experiences...
• Re: Missing jack & lugwrench
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:39:59 -0400
  I think Go Westy and Bus Depot sell a improved jack. You can pull these venders up on the home vanagon list page.
• Re: syncro pulls ford out of mud pit
  Historical mailing list - vanagon teepee
  Mon, 16 May 2005 18:11:24 -0700
  Great video, thanks. I agree that there is a time and place for this, and you were in it.
• Re: 1.9l Oil pump R&R
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 17:58:12 -0500
  ...Remove the crankshaft pulley. This is a toughie, requiring lots of torque and the right tools. Don't try to do it without the...
• Re: Head advice
  Historical mailing list - Peter's Email
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:15:01 -1000
  ...I have pulled the pistons/liners and replaced them with the engine still in the van. It is a litle more difficult, but still...
• Yeah! It's a water pump weekend! (questions of course)
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:12:50 -0700
  ...And I can't get it on the bottom right nut, using various extensions, because the damper pulley is in the way. So I...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:38:24 -0800
  ...Using a Pittman puller to pull > >off CV. Glad to know the (right sized) Pittman puller works. > > > >Did you use the 1- 5/16...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:54:07 -0400
  ...Syncro in MA Pick n Pull yard I know of a Syncro in an area junkyard. It's somewhat picked over. There's a...
• Re: center window install help.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:42:17 EDT
  ...I know you put a piece of rope around the outside, place in opening then pull out rope wile seating seal. Do you put...
• Re: '91 Starting Issues
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:28:50 -0800
  ...Probably there is sufficient current missing to pull in >> starter. In case starter had pulled in there is a switch attached to >> solenoid which...
• More Fire Paranoia
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 08 Jun 1996 21:58:56 -0700 (MST)
  ...Also -- pulling out of the FLIAPS as I was pulling in was a bay-window panel -- [no windows behind the doors] Not a common...
• Re: Acckk! My gear juice is *blue*...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:13:52 -0600
  Steve, be sure to pull the fill plug before you pull the drain plug. That lets it drain good as well as ensures that...
• Non-remote Mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:51:51 -0500
  ...5-Pull the stud. Pull some more. Pull hard enough to pull it out. 6-When stud is removed; rest, have a beer. Look...
• Re: Almost ready to pull 2.1--questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:49:03 -0500
  Thanks to everyone's helpful replies to my question, I had an uneventful time pulling my 2.1 with ease. Not a bad way...
• Re: removing wrist pin on #1 & 3
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:37:48 -0400
  ...If you are replacing rod bearings as well then you can just pull the whole rod and piston together and then remove the wrist...
• Re: Front heater fan motor
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:48:45 -0800
  ...Mine locked up solid a couple of years ago, pulled the dash and > replaced it with the elcheapo $55.00 replacement fan which howls...
• Bluestar Zbed in Richmond CA pick N pull
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:37:46 -0400
  There is an 89 Bluestar at the Richmond, California Pick N Pull. It was a Cash 4 clunker van...the engine is painted pink...
• embarassing moments, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 26 Jun 95 12:58:16 CDT
  ...like, you kinda need to replace them after pulling this stunt. hint: ALWAYS carry spare v-belts!!!! (and the tools to change them!) Unca...
• Automatic Locking Diff -No Way!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 09:33:03 -0400
  ...See if he has the manual to the car, prove him wrong! There should be a pullout knob below the center of the dash...
• high altitude vdub
  Historical mailing list - Michael Schiesser
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:00:36 -0700
  Far as I know you are right, you want the mixture to be a but leaner, to pull gas out as you have already...
• Re: Fw: Spam! Re: INCREDIBLE money making opportunity
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:12:23 -0600
  Pull the plug on this guy. It happened to me on this very list back when one time. I inadvertently broke a list rule...
• Re: I found something new today!
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:05:58 -0500
  ...I found something new today! > I use the oil cap, unscrew it most of the way and then pull out the rim... > no chewies...
• tranny leak at stub axle
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 08:19:42 -0600
  When I pulled the transmission out of Billy Bones, it and the engine were covered in oil and dirt and lots of grease. So...
• Re: Brake Fluid
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 13 May 2005 04:03:42 -0500
  ...Did'ju-kno' that your oil filler tube has an extension in it that can be pulled out so as not to dribble oil...
• How do I locate the differential lock wiring?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:59:26 -0400
  ...Apparently the wiring is NOT present in my current vehicle so I need to pull it from the donor van. The vans are miles...
• Re: Guage CLuster
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:33:18 -0400
  after you pop the top cover off (pull from the little grab handles on the rear edge), remove the plastic brake fluid drip tray...
• Re: Towing a vanagon on a trailer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:35:32 -0600
  ...Most cars I have towed I pulled them on with the > motor up front. This is a dual axle trailer with ample payload and...
• Re: Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:50:45 -0700
  ...Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help Correct me if I'm wrong but pulling the d-shaft requires a little more than pulling 8...
• Re: Window rubber trim alternatives
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:10:43 -0500
  I pulled the trim from the windows on my van and the stuff just broke up in to dozens of pieces it was so...
• Re: Electric window problem!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 22 Oct 2016 15:51:53 +0000
  Right now, just try to move the motor so that you have enough slack in the cable to grab the window, pull it back...
• Re: FS: 2.1 engine - Ottawa area
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 06:07:11 EDT
  ...Pulley seal new with standard Vanagon 3 belt pulley installed. I have driven it daily and to Quebec City, Boston and Watkins Glen, approximately...
• Replacing Fuel Valve Cable
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 21:41:28 -0700 (PDT)
  How to Replace the Fuel Valve Cable by Thom Fitzpatrick On busses to about 63 or so, there was a pull cable located in...
• Re: Drive flange OUT - now the seal?!
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 14:42:16 -0500
  ...This is a little foggy, but I believe that I was then able to use a standard gear puller by attaching it to the...
• Re: Pulling engine/transmission together?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Bonde
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 02:32:00 +0000
  ...I unhooked the hoist and pulled them out from under the van. Easy as pie. From there I pulled them apart to send the...
• Re: Question about pulley-crank end reassembly 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:21:33 -0400
  ...Question about pulley-crank end reassembly 2.1 >Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:21:57 -0400 > >I use my impact gun, as hard...
• Re: Outside Slider Handle ? 91 GL
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:18:46 -0500
  ...Comes right off if you pull on it. >> I can see the screw inside, but just realized that the inner and outer >> handles are...
• Re: One other dumb question, removing air control sliders
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:08:39 -0500
  At 06:31 PM 11/18/2012, Harry Hoffman wrote: >Do they just pull off or is there some trick? I'd like to...
• Re: Westy-Vision
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 17:08:14 EDT
  ...I was at the car stereo store the other day and they had a CD >player >that had a flat TV screen pull out...
• Re: A/C Relay
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 26 Sep 1998 10:52:52 -0400
  Willie, What is wrong with yours? Mine lost speed 2 so I pulled it apart and found it had "desoldered" itself along one lead...
• Re: Fan switches
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 02:18:32 -0500
  ...The handles have to be carefully pulled off first. Sometimes the pin will break off -- one of mine is held on with a screw...