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• Splitie reduction box trauma, 63-67 manual
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 18:55:08 -0700
  Friends, Here in the USA, metric taps and dies are harder to come by than good ole' brand X. Faced with $25 and a...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:27:08 -0700
  ...I remove the air box, air boot, and sometimes throttle body to get to that top right 17mm hex nut that holds the starter...
• More news and replies from England
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Nov 91 10:35:18
  ...half, and the new engine, and the braking systen, and the reduction boxes, and the ...aaagh! We also drive a 1200 '72 Beetle (navy...
• Re: AUTO TRANS
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:59:01 -0800
  Stephen, 1.) I don't know the exact quantity but it's slightly less than 2 quarts for the final drive gear box. 2...
• Re: Doka Look Alike (friday reply)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:22:55 -0700
  On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > I am familiar with gear reduction boxes in...
• Re: Other engine conversion options?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 21:33:16 -0800
  ...The port-hole axles are also a gear reduction box, so, not a problem, with the extra fender clearance and gear reduction you will...
• Re: More power
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:58:17 -0800
  ...Maybe that's > a no-no, but when you consider the massive reduction in engine > efficiency that occurs with this setup, you will end...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:39:16 -0500
  ...No reduction boxes like the old bus to reverse the stub axle rotation. Other than that, it's a bolt-in! Mike B. ----- Original...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:43:35 -0500
  ...also operates the load reduction relay. On the later vans the >>> contacts at the back of the fuse box do fail so you may...
• Camperizing a non-westy syncro...creating an outdoor kitchen
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Mon, 1 May 2000 23:30:29 -0700
  ...Simple ice box (not fridge). Shelves that swing up and provide lots of work space. Two spice racks. Considering setting it up inside the...
• '57 Loose as a Goose (Revisited)
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 09:39:08 MST
  ...The threads in the reduction box were pretty trashed, so I went to the local VW shop to get their opinion on what to...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:16:05 -0500
  ...No reduction boxes like the old bus to reverse the stub axle rotation. Other than that, it's a bolt-in! Mike B. ----- Original...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:27:24 -0700
  ...but a couple MPG reduction would be acceptable. Still thinking about my design....rounded frontal end on my "box" seems appropriate. Also a factor...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:41:45 -0500
  ...also operates the load reduction relay. On the later vans the > >>> contacts at the back of the fuse box do fail so you may...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:57:03 -0800
  Our esteemed membership mentions: >>>As for starter performance the permanent magnet, gear reduction starters are becoming extremely common due to their light weight and...
• Re: passed DE inspection :-)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:53:55 -0400
  ...is to test the NOx reduction equipment. That is EGR, catalyst, and proper timing settings. Of course water boxers do not have EGR so...
• Re: Splitty love story NVC
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:53:10 -0500
  ...We overhauled and reinstalled the early rear wheel gear reduction boxes giving the '55 extraordinary climbing ability coupled with the torque of the type...
• Re: repost of my Weird Intermittent fan Problem!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:22:28 -0800
  Sounds like a problem with the load reduction relay. Check your Bentley. This relay turns off everything non-essential while the key is turned...
• Re: Big Brakes (review)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 22:40:14 -0700
  ...Sooo in the interest of maintaing some semblance of former domestic tranquility I exchanged positions from box to syncro. OME off, SA on. ya...
• Re: Other engine conversion options?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:03:29 -0800
  ...The port-hole axles are also a gear reduction box, so, not a problem, with the extra fender clearance and gear reduction you will...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:36:56 -0800
  ...The 401X failure was an > internally malfunctioning "solenoid" right out of the box from > "Peggy". BOSCH Customer service and the kewl little blue > guarantee...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof!
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:33:48 -0500
  "Load Reduction Relay" Fuse panel position [8] Has a large "18" on the visible surface (installed) PN 191 937 503 Can feel and hear...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:16:42 -0800
  ...No getting the engine to run backwards without a special cam, etc. > No reduction boxes like the old bus to reverse the stub axle...
• Re: Anodic Protection to Fight Head Electrolysis
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:27:26 -0700
  ...The reduction potential for Al -> Al3+ is +1.66 volts, and the "reduction" potential for Mg -> Mg2+ is +2.37 volts, so the magnesium...
• [T1] A journey of sight and sound, inside the rear hubs...
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 23:47:21 -0400
  ...When I look around the fan shroud I can see the heat exchanger flapper boxes. Am I missing some critical engine tin here? Maybe...
• Re: On the Issue of Drag Coefficient Numbers for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:16:51 -0500
  Why not kill two birds with one stone by designing a storage unit (bag? box?) shaped to be more aerodynamic than the existing well...
• Wombat/Gerbil update
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sun, 19 Nov 1995 09:23:06 -0700
  ...replace heater boxes on the Gerbil, install new heater boxes and muffler on the Wombat, and start tearing apart the reduction gear boxes on...
• Re: 91(bus) dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:38:36 -0700
  ...but check those two relays in the black box > > above the coil first. they control the power to the fuelpump and the > > injectors. you...
• Re: Eurospec conversion/ coolant pressure/valves/etc.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:31:56 EST
  ...My valve mounts inside the passenger compartment near the glove box. 1.a. Replacing the radiator? The maximum pressure applied is still given by...
• Re: Electric problem in 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:41:55 -0700
  I don't think you'd be wasting money or time to replace the load reduction relay and ignition switch. that's not a...
• Re: Bearing load on reverse driven transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:37:45 -0600
  ...The pinion head drove the >coast side of the ring gear due to the reduction gear box design- >2 spur gears which reverse the...
• Re: heater fan whine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:04:29 -0500
  ...The OP asked how to >fix the whine in the motor, not load reduction. I want to know the >answer also. Robert, I'm...
• Re: Westfalia rental (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:31:47 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Box 40182 Albuquerque, NM 87196 (800) 969-8040 (505) 869-8040 $210 3-day minimum/limited mileage (330 free miles*) $490 7-day/limited...
• new Limbo want ads: buses for sale
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sun, 09 Oct 94 00:58:27 CDT
  ...trans from 1974 bus - $50 bus transaxle with reduction boxes - $25 type 4 pressure plate, new - $10 parts from 1966 Deluxe: skylight glass - $10...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 06:20:17 -0800
  ...current Vanagon Westfalia (4speed manual on a 2.0 l stock > > box) > > as an example... on encountering a hill, if you reduce your speed...
• Re: re Aerodynamics for MPG - 1971 Bay air dam
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:24:21 -0700
  ...Results of the coastdown tests showed that the center of pressure was lowered about 6" and there was a 3% reduction in drag (which...
• It wasn't The One[tm]?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 15:44:17 -0800
  ...Visible rust damage under the new paint where the battery goes One bolt missing from reduction box on passenger side. Underside paint all original...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 16:11:59 EST
  ...The reduction of peak temps is to attenuate the > production of oxides of Nitrogen (pollutants) that are formed only at high > temperatures. > Two bits...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:22:24 +0000
  ...the fuse box-ignition > switch or upgrade the wiring from the battery for same. > > As for replacing starters the gear reduction starters in general...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:02:49 -0700
  ...but a couple MPG reduction would be acceptable. Still > thinking about my design....rounded frontal end on my "box" seems > appropriate. Also a factor...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:17:53 -0700
  ...but a couple MPG reduction would be acceptable.� Still thinking about my design....rounded frontal end on my "box" seems appropriate.� Also a factor...
• Re: heater fan whine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:54:18 -0800
  ...The OP asked how to fix the whine in the motor, not load reduction. I want to know the answer also. Robert, I'm...
• What to look for in buying a bus
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 16:56:20 -0700
  ...Ditto reduction boxes on splitties. Dusty is ok, a little darkening at the seams or under the final drives is ok. Wet is problems...
• Re: .................... and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:45:16 -0800
  ...More than a 3 speed slush box like vanagons have. I am way satisfied with the 4 speed auto in my turbo volvo sedan...
• '56 kombi - transmission: day 2/?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 1 Jan 1995 22:07:28 -0800 (PST)
  ...We managed to get the reduction boxes together without too much heartache, and I got to weld some on the back deck, and welded...
• Re: Butting Heads with Transform
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON THOMAS H
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:59:22 -0900 (AKST)
  ...I ordered two $.95 reduction box gaskets and they sent the wrong ones. When I called to tell them, they never questioned me and...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:14:31 -0400
  ...Again this NOx reduction is what brought us the dyno emissions testing. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Electric problem in 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:38:53 -0700
  ...Thx again! Thomas Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > I don't think you'd be wasting money or time to replace the load > reduction relay...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:08:33 -0500
  ...the breaks in the deteriorated foam rubber seals in the heater box, and they need to be replaced. On my (notoriously noisy) diesel westy...
• Re: True Grit---
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 27 May 2002 23:55:35 -0500
  ...The first thing I get from a Waser Boxer seller is several price reductions immediately. I've never had to discount one of my...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 12 Jun 2011 05:17:15 -0700
  ...The water boxer has a number of design features > reducing NOx and being able to work under a load longer without damage, > > Dennis > >
• Re: Vanagon Virtues and Type 2 contrasts( was ahhh..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:40:46 -0700
  ...ReducTION boxes cost less to rebuild and 90wt is cheap. Ya gotta maintain your ride. > 2.No more grease fittings (the old bus has...
• Re: Headlight swtich diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:12:15 -0800
  ...I checked and cleaned the other grounds (including ground #10 the star connector above the fuse box -- however my van only has one star...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:18:37 -0700
  ...but a couple MPG reduction would be acceptable.� Still > thinking about my design....rounded frontal end on my "box" seems > appropriate.� Also a factor...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:36:51 -0700
  ...but a couple MPG reduction would be acceptable. Still thinking about my design....rounded frontal end on my "box" seems appropriate. Also a factor...
• Re: Electric problem in 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:31:59 -0700
  ...Would this indicate such a failure? I also see all failures I have look to the ground at the relay box but I did...
• Re: Syncro Transmission Removal Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:24:56 -0500
  ...Yes, it will get darker down there but the reduction in wind chill is worth it. You can always use a trouble light or...
• Re: True Grit---
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 28 May 2002 00:22:20 -0500
  ...The first thing I get from a Waser Boxer seller is several price reductions immediately. I've never had to discount one of my...
• Re: Electric problem in 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:21:59 -0700
  ...Would this indicate >>> such a failure? I also see all failures I have look to the ground at the >>> relay box but I did...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:50:17 -0800
  ...No reduction boxes like the old bus to reverse the stub axle rotation. Other than that, it's a bolt-in! Mike B. ----- Original...