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• main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 20:56:31 -0700
  What is the torque spec for the main bearings on a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap nuts inside the water jacket, and the...
• Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:05:20 -0800
  ...Today I found it, and it's the right side water jacket seal. I pressurized the system to 15 psi and it drips one...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 18:04:28 -0500
  ...therefore causing too great a space between the head and > water jacket? > > Mike > '84 GL 7 pass auto > '85 GL Westy manual > > >
• Re: Brake cables uneven/stretched?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:20:03 -0800
  On 19 Feb 2005 at 0:22, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > The cables themselves rarely fail, but the sheath or outer jacket...
• Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:28:11 -0700
  Anyone got one of those 90 degree elbow pieces that bolts to the right hand water jacket and connects via a short hose to...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:58:26 -0600
  ...the O2 sensor are within a black wiring LOOM (i.e., jacket, sorta). At the ends of the leads you will find the connections...
• Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:17:25 -0500
  ...3) Famous Head/block water jacket gasket. Attached to both sides with Dirko S or "Right Stuff" 4) Dirko S, for sealing water jacket...
• Re: Coolant in the oil?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:29:33 -0500
  Could be a hole eaten in the case between the water jacket and the base. Or a broken head stud that is allowing coolant...
• Re: Another one with an anti-freeze leak.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:23:53 -0400
  ...If the water jackets shrank enough due to cold to let it leak, likely the rubber is hardened from both cold and age, and...
• piston pin #1 removal question
  Historical mailing list - Scott W.
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:33:36 -0800
  ...me unless the flaps sells them(?), and muir had no water jacket to deal with.... thanks again Scott Wilson 1.9L van __________________________________ Do you...
• Re: Canada brokerage fees
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:00:35 -0700
  Happened to me once - bought a motorcycle jacket online and UPS wanted 50 bucks or so. I was not told anything about this from...
• Reply blocked. Trying again.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 31 Jul 2021 23:37:53 +0000
  ...If the outer jacket is damaged or shows any sign of bulging the cable is shot. The spring on each cable end is responsible...
• Re: [T2] Ponderous motor thoughts...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 96 10:15:22 +0100
  ...Added water >jacket after a couple years in a Vanagon. I have to disagree, there has never been a watercooled T IV engine. The...
• Re: NVC: Type 1 case -bURNINGvAN 2008
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:12:29 -0800
  ...Mike actually wears a leather jacket crafted from rare Himalayan ceramic frog foreskins. =) I only wish BV happened a week ago. I was cruising...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 18:04:02 +0000
  ...see how you could do without due to the damn water jacket. Anybody with easy suggestions would sure be appreciated. For parts Fast German...
• Re: Winter storage leaking heads seals
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 23:05:46 -0500
  ...There may > be some pitting of the edge of the water jacket on the head. Some volks > fill this with JB weld; others use...
• Re: Antifreeze smell in the Vanagon (Sorta)
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:56:36 -0700
  ...Those yellow jackets will like your van for a long long time. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonce Fancher" <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Westy Electrical Outlet on Dash ??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 15:38:14 EDT
  ...you can get the male adapter at any BMW motorcycle dealer (heated motorcycle jacket plug) or any John Deere Tractor (yes...you heard me...
• Re: ETKA CD
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:44:48 -0700
  ...What you get - CD, Jewel case, jacket with instructions. Also original .iso file, WinZip8.2 and WinImage if the program/CD ever craps out...
• Re: Another High Idle Solution!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 09:41:20 EST
  ...This was pointless because the cable had failed in such a way that its jacket had bunched up in the sheath. Rich
• Re: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea. fish
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:34:28 EST
  ...You can even do a case modification on the block so that the water jacket is transparent, and you can see the flow inside...
• 1.9L case half ?? loctite 515 sealant
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:08:20 -0500
  ...but would water jacket count? since there is H2O present? Just wondering. 3) case half nuts and cap nuts. for in the water area...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:43:21 -0500
  ...The damage to the gaskets look like it's coming from the water jacket side, from what I can tell. I haven't really...
• repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:02:44 -0800
  ...I don't remeber how far the first went. > > The gaskets are splitting from what would appear to be the back, or water jacket...
• Repeat post: (was: # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes)
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:14:36 -0800
  ...Green gasket on top of the cylinder - keeps > combustion gases out of water jacket. > 3. Metal gasket on top of the cylinder - also keeps...
• Re: How goods the firstaid kit in your Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:01 -0700
  ...It's kind of like the "life Jackets" thing.... As an instructor, we were never allowed to use the term "Life Jackets" only "Personal...
• Frozen accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:06:54 -0500
  ...So...any of you >listees ever had this problem?? How did you get the water out of the cable >jacket? Since I haven't...
• Re: Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 12:25:40 -0500
  ...So...any of you > listees ever had this problem?? How did you get the water out of the cable > jacket? Since I haven't...
• Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:14:52 -0400
  ...I have never seen any corrosion in the water jacket areas of the heads. I have seen corrosion under the rubber head gasket which...
• Re: Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 13:03:50 -0400
  ...So...any of you > listees ever had this problem?? How did you get the water out of the cable > jacket? Since I haven't...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:49:02 -0500
  ...As for the 1.9L coolant circulation in the water jacket, i agree, but i did some test on a 1.9L (brother in...
• Re: Coolant Draining
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:43:33 -0700
  ...IF one does NOT > pull the plugs on the engine water-jackets when doing a coolant replace ? > > I'm curious as I replaced the...
• /f Re: Type VII
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 1 May 1996 16:27:58 CST6CDT
  ...wouldn't this be offset by the H3O heavy water produced in the cooling jacket of the wasserboxer? don't see it being a...
• Oxyboxer Motors
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:48:22 +1000
  ...They machine off the water jackets and fit air-cooled cylinder barrels and cylinder heads to make an air-cooled version of the Vangon...
• Re: Fuel line sheath / casing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:30:43 -0400
  ...That gummy stuff appears to be oils or whatever within the outer jacket. It ozzes out from heat, jacket or not. The sleeve may...
• Watercooled cylinder liner (barrel?) to cylinder head seal modification
  Historical mailing list - Mohammed Ghalayini
  Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:35:18 +0100
  ...the combustion chamber and to maintain the correct seal between water jacket and rubber gasket. Would the removal of the compression ring gasket create...
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:52:20 -0500
  ...Umbrella Folding BBQ Inflatable (small) pool Some pillows A hat A jacket Two sleeping bags First aid kit TV Maps case Cardboard toilet And...
• Re: Rear closet removal
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 23:38:39 -0500
  ...we are a family of 4 and unfortunately we do have jackets and rain >> gear that we have to deal with...which is hard...
• Re: Oxyboxer Motors
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:01:38 EST
  ...They machine off the water jackets and fit air-cooled cylinder barrels and cylinder heads to make an air-cooled version of the Vangon...
• Re: Child hammock for Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:16:39 -0700
  ...Usually he slept under a pile of down jackets. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Oct 17, 2012, at 4:36 PM...
• Another storage idea? (Westy oriented)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:04:19 -0800
  ...of the rear storage makes a nice place to hang a jacket. (I keep my now grubby fleece there for road side grubbyness, though...
• Re: Vanagon Archives, the DVD Edition?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 00:26:53 EDT
  ...Short of Chinese motorcycle jackets, sometimes I think one of the greatest affronts to the human condition has been the availability of cheap bytes...
• Re: How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:38:48 -0800
  ...I willuse 80 grit > to shine the space onthe head and water jacket where the RTV will mate. > It sounds like utter lunacy, and...
• It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:26:21 -0500
  ...must be perfect - If above is OK, flat surface around outside of head where gasket/ water jacket sits: if flat, OK; if pitted, fill...
• pinnacles lost/found
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:42:15 -0800
  ...nice down jacket or liner speckle-ware coffee pot mess kit pieces (I think, not sure) 2 folding chairs maybe other stuff you might...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:16:56 -0500
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes Well, my son's '87 was losing about a pint of coolant every 500 miles, but I...
• Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:12:48 -0500
  ...3) Famous Head/block water jacket gasket. Attached to both sides with Dirko S or "Right Stuff" 4) Dirko S, for sealing water jacket...
• Re: Heads gasket sealant.......( my version)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:11:46 -0600
  ...I have found it to perform excellent in the head water jacket seal >area's. >It works superior to anything else on the market...
• Re: jugs, vw that is...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 16:25:57 -0800
  ...The water jacket is cast with the case, it does not come off and does not provide much room to work. Stuart MacMillan Manager...
• Re: oil in coolant... a strange event!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:44:59 -0800
  ...oil without creating a bigger mess? > Something internal in the water jacket obviously, but what... > Yeah, like Dennis said: look to your head studs...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Jan 2016 23:24:20 -0500
  ...Consider attaching directly to the > water jacket either on top or underneath between the jacket and pushrod tubes. > This lower location will also do...
• Leak on 2.1 coolant line from pump--rubber coupling
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 18:53:42 -0700
  ...water pump and the other going into the passenger side water jacket of the engine. Anyone have any first hand experience replacing this short...
• Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Sun, 9 Apr 2006 19:43:57 -0700
  ...So, I cut away all of the outer water gasket and can slip a knife between the head and the water jacket all the...
• Re: That is WHY vanagon BURN!
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:03:03 -0400
  ...The fuel > line outer jacket was fairly sticky right out of the box though, so maybe > it's the source? Perhaps residual solvent from...
• Re: Fuel line sheath / casing
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:16:50 -0700
  ...That > gummy stuff appears to be oils or whatever within the outer jacket. It > ozzes > out from heat, jacket or not. The sleeve may...
• Re: Removing watercooled cyl heads, engine in car
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:30:41 -0500
  ...lower lips of the sleeve can come out of the water jacket, about 1/4in out, NO MORE, and remember AT TDC: Piston at...
• Re: "Pick & Pay Ecotour Vacation"
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 02:51:42 +0000
  ...First surprise was the door came off the track, second surprise seconds later was the swarm of yellow jackets who had taken up residence...
• Anyone have the VW piston wrist pin puller?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 19:06:46 -0700
  ...I removed the right head to replace a poorly installed water jacket gasket (which was installed improperly 6K ago by a shop of good...
• Re: Third annual request for 83 westy fabric
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:58:27 -0700
  ...That color patterns so good lookin ide make me a sport jacket if i had enough material. I HOPE you are lucky. PHil --- Jim...
• Re: Fw: What circuit runs the cabin light?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 27 May 1999 14:24:54 -0700
  ...I pulled the front carpet and pad out (they were badly in need of cleaning anyway), and I am running a length of jacketed...