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• Ingnition time
  Historical mailing list - Rodrigo Bonilla Soto
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:18:56 -0600
  Hola: Do you know where is the ignition time for a vanagon 1983 water-cooled? and what is the cylinder number one? SALUDOS
• syncro?
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 19:39:17 -0500
  Are there any air cooled syncro's? Or did they just start making them with the water cooled one's? John 90 vanagon gl
• Re: water cooled alternators
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:08:20 -0500
  ...wrote: >>Are you saying you have an air cooled van and want to use an >>alternator off of a water cooled van? > > No, he...
• Re: it's Friday, she blew the microwave up
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:33:32 -0500
  Well guess what -- water cooled means that, literally, though there are other things going on. It is the heat capacity of water (and in...
• Re: "Increase... Warning not for NOT for Watercooled But Aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:44:12 EDT
  ...The water-cooled Wasserboxer stock has a 9:1 ratio, Europeans have 10:1 ratio. The water-cooled can run higher compression ratios with...
• Re: Why wont VW TRENDS show Vanagons!?*#$??!!(NO CONTENT)
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:14:56 -0500
  ...Chris. '85 Westy and many air and water-cooled VWs before that.
• Can anyone recommend a shop in Lawrence, MA area to work on water-cooled 83.5 Vanagon? Thanks! EOM
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:41:57 -0400
  Woody Halsey Summer cell = 978-914-4362
• Re: Strange Bus Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 02 Jul 1996 14:59:31 -0400
  There is a good picture of a mexican water-cooled breadloaf at http://holo.com/fresh/volks/images/mexbus.gif Tom F.
• Re: 79 Water-cooled Bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jun 1997 20:30:45 -0400 (EDT)
  most likly a s american bus The vw mexico home page has a shot of the same thing mike 85 westy
• vacuum layout
  Historical mailing list - Rodrigo Bonilla Soto
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:32:03 -0600
  Hola Amigos: Do you know the vacuum hose layout for a Vanagon 83 water cooled? I lose the configuration. I appreciate your help. SALUDOS.
• VWFest '98
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 21:33:42 -0500
  ...Early Bug Pre 1968 Early Water Cooled Pre 1985 Late Bug After 1967 Mid Water Cooled '85 - '93 Beetle ConVertible Late Water Cooled After...
• Re: Why the preponderance of air-cooled on Marketplace?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 9 Jul 2019 08:14:43 -0700
  ...I'd suggest that owners see them as more of a "classic" bus than the water cooled Vanagons. Or, owners tend to drive the...
• Re: request for information, please
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:31:39 -0700
  ...Enjoy it for a while, and then sell it and move on to a water cooled Westy of some sort (preferably Subaru or Zetec...
• Re: vanagon sightings - St. John's, NL
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:27:37 -0700
  ...A radiant yellow |water cooled, a brown and tan water cooled, plus various others. | |Anyone on the list? Something going on that I don...
• Re: Engine Fires - A/C vs. W/C - Any Difference?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 22:02:40 -0400
  ...The air cooled heads run hotter than water cooled heads so hoses near the heads have more reason to dry out and become brittle...
• Subscribe
  Historical mailing list - David Griffiths (Dave)
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:06:32 -0500
  Dear Sir, I have an 1984 Water Cooled Westy. I would like to subscribe to your list. I am at davidgriffiths@oscsystems.com Thanks...
• 83 Westy temp guage
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Jun 1997 01:54:12 -0400 (EDT)
  I just bought an 83 water-cooled Westy. The water temp guage needle stays just to the right of the warning light in the...
• Re: Buying a vanagon??? What do I look for? (Or,for you English professors, For what do I look?)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 06:29:06 -0700
  ...I am in the market buying a water cooled and have one in mind. > Thanks, > Peter Veverka
• Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 13:02:17 -0700
  Nicely updated too! Raised roof, water-cooled motor with the rad stuck on the front, sliding side door and 78 storming horsepower. :) Yes to...
• Re: Putting a water cooled engine in an 82
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:35:27 -0800
  ...That extra hundred items in the water cooled engine speeks for itself on the pages of the list where you find members having all...
• Re: 2 questions...(still looking for a westy)
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:29:13 -0400
  ...2 questions...(still looking for a westy) > My first question is about air cooled vs water cooled. I am still on the hunt for...
• Re: water pump replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Apr 94 13:24:19 CDT
  i said: >>>ALL water-cooled buses have had to have the water pump replaced... he said: >How do we determine when to replace the...
• VAN sales
  Historical mailing list - Sergio Derada
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 14:23:33 -0500
  ...VW has left a very nasty taste in my mouth! Here it is ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 VW VANAGON CAMPER (green) -Water cooled, Fuel Injection -130K -Everything...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 08:43:08 -0800
  Do the earlier water-cooled vans also have knock sensor and so might be expected to benefit from higher octane? DDF
• Re: cooling system pipe
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:37:20 -0600
  Will the plastic pipes from the newer vans fit the older diesel & gas water cooled van without modification? or is cutting & different hoses required...
• which vanagon for intercity transport
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 17:16:56 +0100
  Please advise on the vanagon best for intercity transport- air/water cooled , or diesel. Please be specific with production year and engine displacement. Ifeanyi
• Re: Considering Purchase 83.5 water cooled Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - jay mattern
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:52:09 -0600
  Correction: the compression was 150psi in all cylinders. A* it has good compression in all cylinders (150 psi). Thank you. Jay
• Re: looking for water-cooled Vanagon with sunroof
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:57:59 -0500
  ...looking for water-cooled vanagon with sunroof I am looking for a water-cooled vanagon with a sunroof. What I really really want is...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:32:45 -0800
  ...We also had a lot of water cooled engines stored in boxes-rarely we had to fix them and sold the good used ones...
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Alo Robinson
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 15:43:10 +0000
  ...This bus was seen >>at Busses By the Arch last yearDanno >> My brother is about to remove the water cooled unit from his VW...
• Re: Purchase NY show
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 22:51:26 EDT
  ...I understand the show is run by a local VW air and water cooled parts place called Rapid Parts. The call it Water Fest...
• 1984 VW Vanagan GL -- $3200
  Historical mailing list - Mikeal Gleeson
  Wed, 14 JUN 1995 20:44:26 GMT
  1984 VW Vanagan GL -- $3200 -- 7 passanger -- water cooled -- 4 speed -- a/c -- 2 tone blue -- 185k miles -- runs great Call Mark @ (408) 323...
• Competent Mechanic in San Francisco Area ??? HELP !!
  Historical mailing list - SKP
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:07:28 -0800
  Hi All, Does anyone know of and competent VW mechanic in the San Francisco area that knows Water-cooled Vanagon well? Thanks, Kevin
• Need 1.9 Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:11:27 -0600
  My 85 tossed the engine, so now am looking for one in good working order at a low price. I live in centeral Wisconsin...
• Re: Buying a 1986 Vanagon - My $0.02 Worth
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 21:25:58 -0700
  ...The 2.1 engine introduced in 1986 was not completely > redesigned and not a water-cooled design from the start. The 2.1 improved...
• Re: Alcohol, Baby ! (Was Octane)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:16:23 -0500
  ...Water-cooleds like it too. > > Some water-cooled engines can do without a fan running > on straight alcohol.
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Olson
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:34:09 -0600
  ...Re-engineered air-cooled (bored out, new cam, etc) >> 2) Vanagon water-cooled engine >> 3) Subaru >> >> I have two questions to help me make...
• WINTER DRIVING
  Historical mailing list - Alan S Gondry
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 09:44:01 EST
  ...I have an '83 water cooled. Are there any problems or suggestions? alan
• Coolant change/ Rear bumper
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:33:41 -0800
  Who can direct me to step by step info on changing coolant for 84 Westy water-cooled camper and rear bumper purchase and instalation...
• Re: Headlight question
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 15:51:58 -0500
  This has been a feature of every water cooled VW I have ever seen (and I think it was probably on the later Air...
• Re: great discovery on 82
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 21:38:21 -0600
  ...Epersbacher BA-6 on an air-cooled or water-cooled BBW-46?? or diesel?!? do i dare ask which is more dependable and serviceable...
• Solid lifter conversion
  Historical mailing list - Martin Wilson
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:16:46 -0800
  Anybody have experience with the solid lifter conversions sold on ebay by German parts wholesale for the vanagon water cooled motors? Sound good, but...
• ? Mark 1 shop, ne of Frederick, MD
  Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:01:33 EDT
  Anyone taken water-cooled vanagon problems to Mark 1 ( http://www.mark1vws.com )? Comments, please. (Karl M seems unavailable) -Pat H ('90 syncro westy)
• Re: VW T6
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:23:55 -0400
  ...The water cooled Vanagon was the missing link in headlight design there, when they switched from round to rectangular headlights. And where was the...
• Re: Quite good short tech articles
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:57:08 -0800
  ...and so on. > It's for mostly water-cooled Porsches .. > but much applies to our water-cooled Vanagons . > Short and decently written. Worth a...
• Re: New to list question
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:24:35 +0000
  ...Aircooleds are less reliable than water cooled ones. Water cooled units are not known for their reliability. >From: "GDB-B&W-X.3.5...
• Air cooled versus water box or injectors
  Historical mailing list - Van Pelt, Steve
  Sun, 8 Mar 2015 09:50:14 -0500
  Hi gang, Does anybody know if there is a difference between the fuel injectors on and air cooled versus the water cooled motors? Thanks...
• Re: why did VW ditch the boxer motor?
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 07:09:27 -0400
  Kent Christensen wrote: > > Latest Porsche boxer engine (Boxter, for example) is water > cooled. 928 has been watercooled since at least 87 hasn't it???
• FS 87 vanagon $2500 Mobile, AL
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 6 May 2001 19:21:52 -0500
  Volkswagen Vanagon 1987 Water cooled, $2500 obo. 334/626-3263 Published in the Mobile Register on 5/6. now you know as much as...
• Re: Looking for a good water-cooled vanagon Mechanic in Northern New Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Peter R. Guerzenich Small
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 10:19:29 -0600
  ...in Santa Fe and was sorely >> disappointed.> Pablo Sanchez is the best, but he doesn't work on >> the water >> cooled> engines.> > Can someone...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 16 May 2001 14:30:10 -0600
  > << I tend to agree, although I am out looking because my vanagon is water > cooled, so I am not eligible for most of the...
• Re: Muir Vanagon equivilant?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 1 May 2003 12:52:35 -0400
  ...It mentions in the rear section that the water cooled Vanagons are covered in the "How to Keep Your Rabbit Alive" book. However that...
• Re: New Beetle = water bug
  Historical mailing list - DavidM
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:02:06 -0400
  ...The new ones are Water (Cooled) Bugs! And the old bug was GERMAN and the new one is MEXICAN.
• Re: looking for water-cooled Vanagon with sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 21:22:19 EST
  1983 Watercooled Vanagon. Formerly a 1.9 litre, now 2.2 Subie power. BIG sunroof, and the color scheme? Brindlesh*t Brown, and tan...
• is setting the timing on my 1984 Vanagon 1.9 easy?
  Historical mailing list - gary goldey
  Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:04:13 -0800
  never attempted to set timing...not in a water-cooled VW anyway --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.
• Re: Haynes Manual for Vanagon available from UK for water cooled to '91
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 08:39:13 -0700
  RE: Haynes for Vanagon There is a Haynes and available in the US: http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=HAY3452
• Re: Selling/parting out 83 air cooled 85 water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Paul N. Oliver
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:22:22 -0600
  Missed up the 83 is air cooled and 85 water cooled I also bought the plans for the Phonix Phoenix expands tent-trailer style...
• Buying a 1986 Vanagon - My $0.02 Worth
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:31:59 -0700
  ...The first water-cooled version came out in 1983.5 and continued through the 1985 model year. The 1983.5-1985 models CAN be...
• Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 29 May 1999 07:26:44 -0700
  ...I saved the 'Mexican water cooled bay window' site, but deleted the posts which I think had links to sites about the radiator installation...
• Re: Water cooled AT 1980?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:20:33 -0800
  ...ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to the large quantity...