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• Re: FS: '88 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:34:42 -0500
  ...Main seal replaced > > > > November 2005 > > Clutch pedal rebuilt and Oillite bushing installed > > > > August 2005 > > Coil replaced > > Faulty Hall sensor replaced with used Distributor > > Fuel...
• Reassembled 1.9L from head gasket replacement won't start/idle
  Historical mailing list - Mike Braden
  Sat, 22 May 2004 18:15:03 -0500
  ...I also replaced the distributor rotor and cleaned the contacts in the cap. I think I may have wired the distributor wrong, and after...
• Re: 1.9 engine block same as 2.1?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:33:29 -0500
  ...I epoxyed the hole to seal it before I assembled the engine. you will need to use the 1.9 main bearings to match...
• rough running
  Historical mailing list - Pat Little
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:54:33 -0700
  ...distributor/cap/leads, plugs, O2 sensor, injector seals. Things that were not replaced (and therefore might be assumed to be OK): coil, ECU, injectors...
• Das Boot still won't crank--latest update
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 03:14:55 -0600
  ...I took a look at the distributor and didn't like what I found. The mechanic who FORMERLY worked on my van left it...
• Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 May 2016 20:26:10 -0400
  ...When everything is still the torn-out plug fills the hole and seals it, but when the engine starts it begins to bounce around...
• Re: Nice folks, or half a dozen people who didn't rip my throat out
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:06:27 -0800
  ...he pulled it off a shop distributor because you can't > get any of the parts of a distributor individually, just in whole. > > There...
• Re: Syncro water proofing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:18:10 EDT
  ...so I haven't replaced it. > >VW also sealed around the bell housing with big gobs of silicone >sealer. > >That's all I've...
• Re: stop leak=stop gap? or how to find an oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:25:41 +0100
  ...The large oil seal between the engine and clutch had failed and oil seeped onto the clutch which made it slip. I used to...
• Re: engine install almost success
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:42:31 -0800
  You need to get that distributor seated properly. Remove the clamping bracket and spread it open a bit so it will slip all the...
• Re: FIRE!! How did it happen? How to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:36:09 -0700
  ...With old VW fuel injection, usually fuel injection hoses & injector seals become brittle. Oil lines (if applicable) need to be checked too. Best situation...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pinnell
  Tue, 8 Nov 2022 21:25:42 -0500
  ...You could seal the cracks with silicone sealant. Check the connector to the AFM - it may look clean but a squirt of electronic cleaner...
• Distributor woes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:12:57 -0400
  ...The tines at the end of the distributor were chewed up so I suspect that the distributor has been internally loose for a while...
• Smog check failed; Vacuum leaks
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 12 May 1998 11:53:58 +0300
  ...I replaced all five sealing and seats. Price wasn't that high, one US$ for the sealing, another and a half for the seat...
• Re: Cooling system hose diagram
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:21:21 -0400
  ...The distributor tower looks intact and the only hose missing there is the hose that goes from the bottom of that tower to the...
• Re: vanagon will not start when it rains
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:06:24 -0800
  ...It helps to seal the plug to boot surfaces- keeps spark in, keeps moisture out. It can be found at Kragen etc. Vaseline work...
• replacing fuel hoses and injector seals
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:42:04 -0700
  ...i also ordered all the fuel injector seals because it seemed like a good thing to do at the same time. i just went...
• Damp Van Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 16:49:16 EST
  ...Distributor cap, sensor, wires, black box or the whole system in general? Will ignition sealer work? I'd like to get the problem fixed...
• Re: Cost of Freon R12
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 13 May 2003 22:04:25 -0700
  My local distributor also charges $600 for a 30 lbs. bottle, 12 oz. cans go for $25 each. I agree about R12 cooling better...
• Re: Problems with THE BUS DEPOT
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:51:58 EDT
  ...Hopefully, someone can interpret this for me: "Front Wheel Bearing & Seal Kit (contains bearings and seals for one wheel), 84-91 Vanagon Syncro, German...
• Re: 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:45:42 -0700
  Tony, Check the wires going through the distributor housing to the Hall sensor. The insulation on the wires are known to crack and disintegrate...
• bucking, part deaux
  Historical mailing list - karen brown
  Mon, 11 May 1998 12:10:22 -0400
  ...harness; 1 said it might be the hall sender on the distributor (never heard of that before); 1 or 2 O2 sensor replacement suggestions...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 8 Nov 2022 22:38:38 -0500
  ...You could seal the cracks with silicone sealant. > > Check the connector to the AFM - it may look clean but a squirt of > electronic cleaner...
• Re: Excessive Idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:09:07 -0500
  ...ECU, AFM, ISV, > O2 sensor, temp II sensor, injector seals, and air filter. Also > replaced all ignition components: plugs, wires, distributor cap and > rotor...
• Re: Cooling system hose diagram
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:14:00 -0700
  ...I just leave that spacer in place behind the rear main seal, though I don't see any purpose for it ..... make sure it...
• FS: 1974 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Chip Shaner
  Sun, 12 Jan 1997 22:48:02 -0600 (CST)
  ...NO MAJOR CANCER) - odomoter has 45,xxx miles on it. - engine leaks oil at pushrod tube seals. - engine runs good. - New brake pads, cylinders...
• Re: Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - al brase
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:37:58 -0500
  ...airbox, distributor, > injectors, exhaust, cat, intake, hoses, everything. $450 > > -A/C compressor $35 > > -Bumper > front, has small hairline crack in center, hard to see...
• Re: VANAGON digest 929
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 May 1996 09:42:35 -0700
  ...a) Did you change points and condenser? Cap and rotor? Can you check the point gap and distributor timing again? b) Is there soot...
• ECU for CA
  Historical mailing list - easoars
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 22:15:08 -0800
  ...Please provide some helpful feedback? Andy 82 Westy Seal Beach, CA [text/html]
• Re: '80 aircooled power loss cont
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:47:04 -0400
  ...timing moves counter clockwise on scale). >Distributor is single vac advance. > >Last night, I replaced fuel injector seals - large and small >replaced intake manifold...
• Re: aircooled dizzy / high idle,
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 12:05:12 -0500
  ...It does have a > mechanical advance distributors not the correct vacuum advance is > this just how these mechanical advance ones work? Or am I...
• I need to sell A Few Parts:
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:51:19 -0700
  ...It has been taken apart cleaned, new seals installed about a year ago (They are still perfect). I recently took it completely apart and...
• Re: Setting Timing Gear
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:20:14 -0500
  ...Lined up the pulley mark with the case split to get #1 at TDC, and then used the distributor to install the gear to...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:12:07 -0700
  ...It is often applied to electrical connectors, particularly those containing rubber gaskets, as a means of lubricating and sealing rubber portions of the connector...
• RE: Tune up woes part II
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 08 Apr 1996 10:42:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Both of these things can happen whether the distributor is in place or not-- has nothing to do with that. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Maher smaher@gi...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:47:17 -0400
  ...Doing so on such high pressure contact surfaces has the advantage of sealing the contact area against corrosion." Having said that, a little further...
• Re: Propex Heater
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 08 Jan 1997 09:52:41 -0500
  ...These are small units you see installed in VW campers in Europe all the time; 5100 BTU sealed combustion units that fit under the...
• Re: FS: '88 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:51:32 -0500
  ...Main seal replaced >>> >>> November 2005 >>> Clutch pedal rebuilt and Oillite bushing installed >>> >>> August 2005 >>> Coil replaced >>> Faulty Hall sensor replaced with used Distributor >>> Fuel...
• Re: Rough Idle on 84 Vanagon 1.9L - Help
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 18 May 2002 20:24:01 -0400
  Have you changed out the distributor cap, rotor, and high tension wires? Are the seals around oil filler tube and dipstick okay? When you...
• Take-Along Parts
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 15:46:01 -0700
  ...gaskets (2) One spark plug wire (long enough for any plug) Distributor cap (just because I have one) Expansion tank cap (also just because...
• Re: Rebuilding an 81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:28:36 -0600
  ...Spring under your distributor, tie it to your distributor with a small bundle tie. 2. Thrust washer under your distributor drive, tie it to...
• Re: Leaky Transmission
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 13:04:30 -0500
  Suzanne, (also my lovely wife's divine name!) If I understand WHERE the oil is "pooling", it sounds like your flywheel-end oil seal...
• Re: Dead Sparking Plug!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:32:56 -0600
  ...The sealed box contained 2 good plugs and 2 with cracked ceramic insulators. I have never bought plugs since without inspecting them individually. One...
• Re: Start up, back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 May 2015 09:29:18 -0400
  ...That can also occur if there is a problem with the distributor cap or wires where spark cross fires to more than one plug...
• Re: '83 vanagon: shot control module?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Aug 94 15:05:27 EDT
  ...Finally check your distributor cap and rotor for soundness - ie minute cracks, blackened connections. etc. Before you do anything buy a manual - Bentley's...
• Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:53:27 -0400
  Serviced injectors are supposed to be used within 3 months of being serviced and stored In a sealed bag..... So one that was run...
• Re: Windshields: all years the same?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:29:40 -0600
  Call around to some Auto Glass distributors. Often you can buy old inventory very cheap. Try to get the tinted glass with the sun...
• Re: The pin goes in
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:47:17 -0600
  ...Spring under your distributor, tie it to your distributor with a small bundle tie. 2. Thrust washer under your distributor drive, tie it to...
• Re: removing upper engine tin?
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 08:46:00 -0400
  ...I first removed the engine seal, then just started removing all the screws in each piece of tin. Other things I had to remove...
• Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 19:24:59 -0600
  ...I'm guessing that with proper distributor cap/box seals > it can't, but again I don't know for sure. > > *I think this...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 22:37:51 -0500
  ...seals. On the inline engines it is common for the lifters to hold the valves open and the cam and the oil pump-distributor...
• 1985 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:43:23 -0500
  ...I believe It's timed right with the distributor, yet it just pops. I bought a Bentley repair manual, I have to Hawyes books...
• Re: Cooling system hose diagram
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:37:37 -0400
  ...I have removed the rear crankshaft seal behind the flywheel. I has a very thin sort of metal ring that must space the original...
• Re: VANAGON digest 16
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Mon, 18 Apr 1994 21:56:39 -0500
  ...gaskets and front and rear engine seals New Valve screws New rings New rod bearings Rotor and distributor cap New Bossh Spark plug wires...
• Re: It's Alive...Sort of!! :-)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:07:45 -0400
  ...Bubbles in the coolant tank usually mean that the cylinder head isn't sealed completely to the cylinder, leaking combustion gases into the coolant...
• Re: Vanagain Rant/New Intake Boot
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:52:44 -0400
  ...Replaced the distributor cap and rotor, Replaced the spark plug wires (the old ones had fused together!), Cleaned and shifted the AFM board, Replaced...
• Re: Distributor woes; carry JB weld
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:41:02 +0000
  ...The tines at the end of the distributor were chewed up so I suspect that > the distributor has been internally loose for a while...
• Re: Craigslist 72 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:58:25 -0600
  ...New CV Boots >New Windshield & Seal >New seals for all windows except driver door >New passenger door seal >Roof Rack > > > > This item has been...
• Re: Spray or paste to help clean, and keep clean, electrical connections?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:52:47 -0400
  ...http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductList.aspx?categorycode=3225 Di-electric grease for sealing out moisture; http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductListSimple.aspx?Category=3451 Mike...
• Throttle switch
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 23:07:31 -0600
  ...Removed the throttle housing from the intake air distributor (remove intake air hose....plus 2 screws--see Bentley p 24.47) then cleaned some...