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• Re: Looking for 84-85 Vanagon radiator parts
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:44:25 -0700
  ...shroud, but I'm not sure offhand if they have another. I did see at least one van with the harness for the fan...
• Re: diesel vanagon radiator
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:22:09 -0400
  ...swap the radiator mounts to the later style, and use the shroud, fan, and thermo switch off the gas van. The bottom mounts bolt...
• Re: Oil Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 00:39:47 -0700
  ...had the fan shroud off my Bus one time, but the Vanagon has MUCH less room back there. Will the shroud come off? I...
• Re: removing upper engine tin?
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 08:46:00 -0400
  ...I am particularly puzzled by the tin that runs between the back of the vehicle and the fan shroud. Do the fan and shroud...
• Re: questions...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 May 1996 08:33:40
  ...You have to remove the fan shroud, but that's about it. -Ron Salmon
• Re: Exhausting work.... Advice solicited.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:43:12 -0400
  ...On my baywindow there are hangers to the fan shroud and alternator that help support the considerable weight of the heater boxes and muffler...
• $3K synchro, temps, free type 2 fan shroud, cheap rabbit, paint, model Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 11:28:34 -0700
  ...3) Robb, all, I got a turn-key rebuilt from ECI, but the fan shroud didn't have an air nipple to ventilate the...
• Re: Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:50:29 -0600
  ...the much more powerful fan system fitted > to many of the US 86+ models. The larger motor and matching shroud are > simple bolt-in...
• Re: Fwd: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:09:42 -0500
  ...They do not list the 443 959 455 E fan as used in any VW model in any market; and the 455 M fan...
• Re: Aftermarket Radiator Fan Solution
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 11 Jun 2016 10:34:21 -0400
  In addition to the motors I am also finding that many of the shrouds are also rusting out. Enough holes and the fans become...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:03:41 -0700
  ...It requires the fan/motor assembly and fan shroud as a unit. Then there is some wiring to be done since the less powerful...
• Re: Does The Fridg Fan Blow or Suck?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:55:19 -0700
  ...During other camping trips this summer I found that the fan was cycling just as often as without the shroud. I was dismayed. On...
• Re: help on 65
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 15:46:07 -0400
  ...The idiot's guide and bentley manual say raise the fan shroud. Ok, but one of the screws I'm supposed to unscrew is...
• Re: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:24:32 -0700
  ...Every cooling fan system is engineered to > fit its own circumstances, its own design of motor, fan blade, shrouding, > engine compartment, philosophy of the...
• Re: Radiator fan shock
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:01:50 -0500
  ...wrote: > >> Dear List, >> >> Despite installing a nearly new fan shroud in my 91 GL - the fan makes a = >> LOT of noise when it's...
• Re: Parting out 87 Syncro Passenger van
  Historical mailing list - Nick Maiorsky
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:35 -0700
  ...that are already gone: > Transmission > Center Bench Seat > Speedometer > Radiator Fan and shroud > > The outside is grey in color and the interior is also...
• Upright engine in late model bus
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Sep 1996 19:54:51 -0400
  ...All I would need would be a fan shroud to make this engine complete. Would it fit into the '72 bus ? It seems that...
• Re: radiator install
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:11:20 -0700
  ...noticed about installing a rad on my '81. > > Check fit of fan shroud fasteners (to rad) before installing. My '85 > fasteners (from orig. all...
• Re: Why this type IV engine caught fire, spun the mains and ruined everything.
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:58:25 -0400
  ...All of this heat was enraged but firemen hosing down the burning magnesium fan shroud before they identified the enhanced fuel source. It is...
• RE: Replacing rubber filler neck on '77
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Thu, 12 Oct 95 16:33:32 UT
  ...Getting to it involved pulling the engine, cover plate (behind fan shroud), loosening the clamp at the tank, taking out 3 screws at the...
• Re: Oil cooler for 81 (and 67) Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:34:38 -0500
  ...Shroud the entire surface of the radiator into a cut cone with the circumference of the small end being barely larger than the fan...
• Re: Looking for 84-85 Vanagon radiator parts
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:50:19 -0400
  ...shroud, but I'm not sure > offhand if they have another. I did see at least one van with the > harness for the fan...
• RE: Porsche 6 in late bus
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 10:19:58 EST
  ...the Porsche FI is even taller than the VW Type 1 fan shroud, so it might still be a problem. My CIS parts are...
• Re: More on the radiator fan (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:11:00 -0700
  ...For completeness, let me add that there are 5 versions of the radiator temp switches, 3 versions of the fan shroud, 2 versions of...
• The Project Advances
  Historical mailing list - Derek Darling
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:50:13 -0800
  ...I have managed to bang the fan shroud into a somewhat round shape and mounted it back on the radiator. Now to re-install...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:54:18 -0700
  ...The fan shroud is also different to >> match the motor size. The fan blades are the same diameter, the motor is >> different and the...
• RE: Industrial motors
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 06 May 1996 15:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Most basic conversion for aircraft use, included removing the fan shroud, replacing the crank pulley with a hub to hold the propellor, putting on...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:02:55 -0600
  ...engine's fan push air across the motor removing heat from it and moving it out the bottom of the shrouds just like an...
• Re: Rad Fan Bearing (bushing?) Question. With pics.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:51:35 -0800
  ...And there was a grease pen number on the shroud. Maybe PO got it from a wrecker. It works fine on both speeds when...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:50:32 -0600
  ...The magnesium fan shroud caught fire and the local fire dept gave it a few shots of pure oxygen with a side of O2...
• gas heaters
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 08 May 1994 22:04:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...1 inch diameter) in the firewall to the left of the fan shroud. Are these holes used for anything related to the gas heater...
• Re: why does #3 pist/cyl always go bad first?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:03:28 -0400
  On the early type 1 engines with the oil cooler inside the fan shroud the cooling air to #3 was bad and VW even...
• Re: Timing...
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:07:32 -0600
  ...But, with shroud and crap in > the way, I don't know what I aim the timing light at. Help please? Also, what is...
• Re: radiators
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:36:58 -0700
  ...Mounts are different, fan shroud is different, temp switch layout and wiring is different, hoses are different. I always upgrade 82 vans to the...
• Re: 1982 motor mount replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:09:50 -0700
  ...Off with the alternator, Off with the rear sheet metal, Off with the engine fan, Off with the fan shroud, this will allow you...
• Re: Ramona Rests
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 15:19:24 -0700
  ...out the generator/fan assembly, and I think I had to remove some of the screws for the fan shroud so I could tilt...
• Re: RELIABLE Air Conditioning!
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 17 May 2015 23:27:26 -0400
  ...Fan speed problem, shrouding, or dirty. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Paul van Dyck Sent...
• Re: 82 won't start when hot was re:83' won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:48:25 -0400
  ...In the hole in the tin between the distributor and the fan shroud. Well, I can remedy that, I don't think I harmed...
• Re: radiator testing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:00:55 -0400
  ...thermometer, > but with the AC condenser on the front and the fan > shroud on the back, I don't see how to scan the...
• Re: Testing Generator and Volt. Reg.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 23:53:19 -0400
  ...blind corners and if you're Gen is mounted to the fan shroud with bolts and not screws. Remember, the Gen is actually held...
• rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:07:53 -0800
  ...After the the re-installation I now only have the high (3rd) fan speed. The low and medium settings no longer function. All three...
• VW Euro, Clara, Dave, Seamed Shroud, URLs in SuperVW, 912 motor
  Historical mailing list - Brian Verbeek
  Sun, 22 Sep 1996 14:01:23 +0100
  ...fit in her back- pack and she had seen a seamed fan shroud for sale that she wanted to buy, so we said goodbye...
• RE: reassemble on the tranny from long block?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 22 Dec 95 11:04:53 EST
  ...With taller engines like the Porsche, I do put the fan/shroud and induction on in the car, because the completed engine is too...
• Re: Question RE installing late radiator into 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:25:49 -0700
  ...The 83 diesel radiator uses the same hoses, mounts, fan shrouds, temp switch, etc as the waterboxer radiators since it uses the same radiator...
• Re: Question RE installing late radiator into 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:35:25 -0500
  ...The 83 diesel > radiator uses the same hoses, mounts, fan shrouds, temp switch, etc as > the waterboxer radiators since it uses the same radiator...
• '66 progress, questions about wiring, lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:52:08 -0700
  ...There is a rod that connects the two set of air-vanes behind the fan shroud. The old, non-doghouse, rod doesn't clear...
• Re: fridge
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 30 May 2005 21:41:51 -0700
  ...my replacement fan, a muffing fan, came one and stayed on > much more than the stock fan. I thought the shroud would help and...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:24:38 -0500
  ...I wrote up the Engine Fire thing and told everybody that the fan shroud on type IVs was magnesium ........ believe it. The DK and...
• Re: 1.6-l. '79-'82 type 2 aircooled pancake engine in Bug?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Verbeek (by way of Brian Verbeek )
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:41:20 +0000
  ...The fanshroud looks very much like the T4 shroud, only it's made out of stamped steel, i didn't get the cylinder covers...
• Re: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:25:46 -0400
  ...Computer > fan does not move enough air, fan cycles too much. > -formed a sheet metal shroud around fan and fins to > direct air > better...
• RE-INSTALLING 90 WESTY EVAPORATOR
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Tue, 8 May 2007 08:40:45 -0400
  ...Everything is really tight and I don't want to have to take down the gutter tray and shroud with the vents if possible...
• Re: 81 chirping/compression test?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:51:17 -0600 (MDT)
  Matt, On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Matt Goike wrote: > thanks for all the suggestions, here's a list: > check fanbelt/alt bearing (just put...
• Re: How do I put a Vanagon mtr in a late Bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Jun 1996 22:40:43 -0700
  ...I expected to do a lot of changing over - fan shroud, >alternator, etc. - but one thing I did not expect is that the bus...
• Re: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:39:21 -0700
  ...Computer fan does not move enough air, fan cycles too much. -formed a sheet metal shroud around fan and fins to direct air better...
• Re: Does The Fridg Fan Blow or Suck? & Combustion Chamber
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:18:22 -0300
  ...During other camping trips this summer I found that the fan was cycling just as often as without the shroud. I was dismayed. On...
• Re: radiator fan grinding noise
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
  Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:34:40 -0700
  ...While it is coming out, you could check for the simplest / cheaper possibility - that the fan is hitting on a shroud or other material...
• Re: 1982 diesel westy radiator leak?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:57:05 -0500
  ...I "cut" an upper mount from a junker, and pulled the lower mounts and an 85 fan shroud as well as the pigtail wiring...
• Re: Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 4 Mar 2016 14:46:06 -1000
  ...The > stock westy came with a very "non-muffin" fan as there was no shroud > to actually direct the airflow, just a fan blade...
• Re: [WetWesties] Quick Air Cooled 2.0 Bay-Vanagon parts question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:48:26 -0700
  ...Cooling System - Fan Shroud - 79 is different from 80-83.5 Cooling Fan & Pulley - The same Alternator - 79 and 80-83,5 is different...
• Oil leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 22:11:21 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The oil is leaking from the rear of the engine between the block and the fan shrouding. I replaced the oil cooler and associated...