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• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 08:36:30 EST
  ...I bought an 87 which the owner drove without PS fluid for 2 years. After refilling the reservoir, I discovered that the pump is...
• Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:14:15 -0400
  Ok, so I start the car Saturday morning and the PS is whining. Shut it down, check the fluid and it is low. Ad...
• Re: coolant pressure?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 00:29:31 EST
  ...to 15 psi). This is a mechanical pressure gauge with 270 degree sweep. I have connected it to the coolant reservoir tank through the...
• Re: Power Steering Rack Balance Line Popping Off
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 04:23:25 +0000
  ...The power steering >reservoir was quite low. When I filled it up, the noise went away, so I >drove about 50 miles on the...
• Re: Review on DIY $20 Pressure Bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:24:47 -0500
  ...rather than fill the reservoir (on the car) with brake fluid and then bleed it down, so that you have to keep an eye...
• Water pumps and head gaskets (eek)
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:40:37 -0500
  ...By the time I got to the ferry (30-50 miles) the reservoir was bone dry. I added water twice on the way home...
• Re: Review on DIY $20 Pressure Bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:42:22 -0700
  ...Stopping to top up van reservoir is a bit of a pain, but not as much as you'd think. Either way, the homemade...
• Re: Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 3 May 2010 23:20:53 -0700
  ...Power Steering > > I can give you that anytime Roger, > it's quite straightforward, pretty much. > > biggest variable is if you use PS uprights/spindles...
• Re: Removing radiator bleeder screw
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:36:29 -0500
  ...the > > system with the cap relief valve set at about 15 psi. If you then > > loosen the radiator bleed bolt a turn the pressure...
• Re: 1984 Vanagon....overheating
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 16:02:09 -0700
  First - check the cap on the main reservoir. It should hold 14.5 PSI. If not, replace it, retest. If it does, get it...
• Re: How do explain this?
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:23:44 -0700
  ...Any suggestions on how to do that without kinking the line? On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:15 AM, <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 15 Sep 2006 - Special issue (#2006-780)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:05:38 -0500
  ...Really easy to > use--- put some fluid in the tank, screw the lid onto your reservoir, > pump it up to 10 psi (about 4...
• Re: Power steering rack to standard rack Bentley Chapter and Verse
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:36:54 -0500
  ...On my westy with no PS, changing from the big fat michelins to the skinny light truck tires took out about half the effort...
• Re: PWM controller , was Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:17:31 -0700
  Alistair Bell wrote: > my rad fan is 450 W if that helps > > alistair > > PS i dont see the point in a pwm controlled fan...
• Re: Coolant pressure gauge mounting
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 20:45:52 -0800
  ...All the same high pressure >responses were seen on the radiator tap, but they were muted (several psi >less than the recovery tank. Never...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:27:31 -0600
  ...changing the brake fluid? > > Thanks again, David Mc > > > > ---- pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > >> The reservoir is fail-safe for the brakes as the clutch...
• Re: Gurgling coolant
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Sun, 2 May 1999 08:00:17 -0500
  ...I have no restriction (pressure valve) between the coolant reservoir and the overflow tank. I simply removed the valve from the cap. I realize...
• Re: Clutch Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:22:41 -0400
  ...I'm using a pressure bleeder and 15-20 psig, but no cigar. > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca > > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com...
• Flashing temp light
  Historical mailing list - Dar Crammond
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 19:19:35 EDT
  ...Okay, so I pull over and lo and behold, the water reservoir behind the license plate is empty! In goes one liter of fresh...
• Re: Power steering tech question (will be: Oh my aching hands...)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 1 Sep 2007 14:06:12 -0400
  ...Mike TJ Hemrick wrote: > All, > Have any of you come up with a good way to get the hose back ON the PS > resevoir...
• Re: Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 4 May 2010 13:38:23 +0000
  ...Power Steering > > > > I can give you that anytime Roger, > > it's quite straightforward, pretty much. > > > > biggest variable is if you use PS uprights/spindles...
• leaking heads, no heat, ??fix
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:21:04 CST6CDT
  ...Passage was blocked from the nipple on the cap into the reservoir. One should be able to blow into the nipple, if they're...
• Re: Power steering rack seals shot
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:49:57 -0500
  ...Don't feel bad about adding the 'off the shelf' ps fluid. I believe you have had leaks at steering rack for a while...
• Re: My Vanagon's Inspection Report
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:31:31 PDT
  ...PSavage <psavage@saber.net> >Reply-To: PSavage <psavage@saber.net> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: My Vanagon's Inspection Report >Date: Tue, 15...
• Re: PS Hose kit - a cautionary tale
  Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:07:56 +0000
  ...to make it all the way from the PS unit in front to the > > PS reservoir in the engine compartment. And this didn't...
• Re: hard turning after replacing power steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:26:21 -0500
  ...After you complete the installation, you fill the PS reservoir and, with the engine running, turn the steering wheel from lock to lock several...
• Air in my coolant - '86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Felix Martel
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:45:44 -0400
  ...After about fifteen minutes of running time (either moving or idle), air accumulates in the primary reservoir and the idiot light comes on at...
• Re: 84 vs. 85 differences, swapping AC?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:01:57 -0500
  ...Rear washer reservoir, would be my guess. >The 70s fashion psychosis still mystifies me. To this day, I can't >fathom whether these sorts...
• Re: Power Steering Fluid and lines Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:31:36 -0500
  ...If you can't make the repair right away and don't want to keep leaking fluid, you can remove the PS pump belt...
• Re: Bilstein shock query
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:36:08 -0500
  ...I’m not entirely fixed on the billies, all stinking of the obvious old man emus, and maybe rancho or fox remote reservoir shocks...
• Re: Power Steering Woes (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:31:02 -0600
  Larry, That's in the power steering reservoir in the engine compartment. Remove the top with a great big pair of pliers... gently... it...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:22:52 -0400
  Neil, I would try pressurizing the cooling systm to at least 15 psi while you check for leaks. My setup uses an old coolant...
• Re: Retrofitting power steering-is it worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 May 1998 17:25:00 -0400
  ...You will also have to mount the reservoir bottle and the power steering lines to the body. If they can move too much you...
• Re: Power steering question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:28:39 -0600
  ...Once > repairs are made, fill the fluid reservoir, start the engine, and then > rotate the steering to the locks both ways several times. This...
• Re: Desperate for a High Top!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:02:02 -0500
  ...It conveyed the pressurized washer fluid from the bottom of the fluid reservoir (mounted to the spare tire rim), through the wiper switch (on...
• Re: Frustration: 85 Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:39:26 -0700
  ...Go to your local service station and get 'em to sniff the air at the top of the overflow reservoir. It needs to have...
• Re: coolant pressure?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 17:01:39 -0600
  ...to 15 psi). This is a mechanical pressure gauge with > 270 degree sweep. I have connected it to the coolant reservoir tank through > the...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:33:46 +0000
  ...changing the brake fluid? > > > Thanks again, David Mc > > > > > > ---- pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > > >> The reservoir is fail-safe for the brakes as the clutch...
• Re: Coolant reservoir bottle the 85 gl 2wd type
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:15:14 -0700
  ...But what I really like about the aluminum tank is the standard Stant 16 psi radiator cap! The aftermarket plastic cap quality is problematic...
• Re: Wondering about coolant physics
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 16:28:30 -0800
  ...I found my leaks by pressurizing the cooling system to about 20 psi. I used my Motive brake bleeder, but GoWesty sells a pump...
• Re: How not to bleed the brakes. Help needed!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:42:33 -0400
  ...through since pouring in the PS stuff, > > remove what you can with a turkey baster. > > > > Removing that reservoir would be a messy messy bi...
• Re: Power steering pump and old coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:14:47 -0600
  ...Larry, did you route it along the PS hose that goes to >>the PS fluid reservoir? >Hi, > I brought it up between the body...
• Re: Questions about brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 11 Apr 2017 18:38:17 -0700
  ...What I learned is that moisture can condense on the inside of the reservoir and collect on the bottom over time since it's...
• Tubing for Brake Fluid recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:02:19 -0500
  Years ago, before I knew better, I replaced the hose from my brake fluid reservoir with the reinforced vinyl tubing that you can buy...
• Re: Cooling system woes
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:04:34 -0400
  My experience with coolant problems leads me to believe that the cap on your coolant reservoir tank is not holding pressure. As long as...
• Re: Think I have sprung a leak in my powersteering lines! Need some guidance please.
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:28:09 -0400
  Robert, First thing to do is remove your PS belt. You can drive like this till you get it sorted without trashing the pump...
• Re: clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:44:13 -0600
  ...fluid, hook it up to your reservoir behind the dash, pump it to something like 10-12 psi, open up your slave bleeder valve...
• Re: Rear brakes frustration
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:03:30 -0800
  ...From what I've read, one has to be careful not to put the fluid reservoir under too much pressure. IIRC, even 12 PSI...
• Re: Power steering component differences
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 5 May 2006 09:34:49 -0400
  ...Mike Andrew Grebneff wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I'm in the process of buying a used PS pump, reservoir, pipes & >> rack to convert my 86...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:35:51 -0500
  ...changing the brake fluid? > Thanks again, David Mc > > ---- pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> wrote: >> The reservoir is fail-safe for the brakes as the clutch...
• Re: Ed's makin funny noises....reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 01:37:44 EST
  ...A clear oily substance sounds like the clutch slave might be leaking and as they share the same reservoir as the brakes...... Just some...
• p/s rack #2
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 04 Jul 1997 14:22:26 -0700
  ...On another item, while filling the ps reservoir I noticed a little leakage from the device at the front left of the engine. Coolant...
• Re: Power steering pump and old coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:00:27 -0500
  ...Larry, did you route it along the PS hose that goes to the PS fluid reservoir? The other ugly one I noticed needing replacement...
• Re: Very Basic - Adding Oil?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Otter
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:19:32 -0500
  And the Brake Fluid reservoir is underneath the dashboard, behind the speedometer! Use a rag around the cap to catch any brake fluid spills...
• Re: How not to bleed the brakes. Help needed!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 21:50:45 -0400
  ...through since pouring in the PS stuff, > remove what you can with a turkey baster. > > Removing that reservoir would be a messy messy bi...
• Re: Cold Weather Coolant Puddle
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:12:09 -0500
  ...I have a little device from GW that goes on the Reservoir and you can pump up. I usually go to about 15 PSI...
• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 29 Aug 2013 21:21:12 -0500
  ...On 8/29/2013 7:14 PM, Robert Clemmer wrote: > Ok, so I start the car Saturday morning and the PS is whining. Shut...
• Air Lift & springs
  Historical mailing list - mark lortie
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:20:59 -0800
  I'm not sure how many on the list have westy syncros but I wonder if those who travel with a full water reservoir...
• Re: Think I have sprung a leak in my powersteering lines! Need some guidance please.
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:31:35 -0400
  ...This of course with the belt re-installed and the reservoir filled. > > John Meeks > '91 Multivan > Northern Michigan > > Vanagon Rescue Squad > http://www.vanagonauts...
• Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 14:16:20 -0700
  ...The brake fluid reservoir would not hold pressure very long from my Motive pressure bleeder either..... "No problemo" says I..."I have a spare...