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• Re: fan won't stop 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:46:39 -0400
  ...Pulled the fuse, fan stays on. > Pulled thermo switch connector, fan stays on. Pulled relay, fan stays on. > What's up? > > Thanks in advance...
• Re: Cannot remove steering arm! Help!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 6 May 1995 17:32:55 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have used a puller on it as > suggested in the Haynes manual, but it hasn't budged. > I've given it the shock...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:42:47 -0700
  ...you remove them and then put them back on gently ..so they are easy to pull when you run the engine and pull one...
• nicknames for generations: THE answer!!! :)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 04 Oct 94 19:47:20 CDT
  ...what distinguishes the fourth generation from the others? it PULLS!!! so it's a Puller. or Pulley. or Pulli. :) joel
• Re: Intermittent wiper Relay ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:56:09 -0600
  On Apr 20, 2010, at 5:49 PM, David Beierl wrote: > At 07:21 PM 4/20/2010, Tom Buese wrote: >> pulling down on...
• steering wheel cover
  Historical mailing list - Philip R. Hanlon
  Tue, 1 Jul 1997 21:11:48 -0500
  ...Bentley says just pull it off. It doesn't come with mild pulling, thought I'd ask the list for encouragement before really pulling...
• Re: Question about pulley-crank end reassembly 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:08:02 -0400
  1-Steel washer 2-Rubber ring 3-crankshaft seal 4-woodruff key 5-Pulley 6-Bolt Ben http://www.benplace.com/vw2.htm >1...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:29:43 -0700
  ...pick n pull > > > > found 1 westfalia at my local pick n pull. It was the same year as mine > > '84. Let me know if...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:50:12 -0700
  Hi Dave, To remove the oil pump does NOT require removing the rear pulley. It will clear the pully just fine. Just remove the...
• Re: '89 SYNCRO AT U-PULL IT YARD IN SCRANTON PA..cheep parts
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:15:27 -0900
  ...U pull it yards do not have an inventory, nor will they pull > > anything > > > for you, nor will they ship anything. > > > > > > U pull it...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 07:42:31 -0700
  Mark wrote: > Maybe a rope around the crank pulley would > do it? They do have an extra belt grove on the outer edge of...
• Rear Brake Drum Puller
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Dec 96 08:54:16 -0800
  ...Bentley shows a special tool that looks like a gear puller to remove the rear drums. Is there an easy & safe way to remove...
• pick and pull in KY
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:39:27 -0400
  Looking for a pick and pull AKA junk yard in the Louisville, Lexington KY area. thanks Joe Federici
• tie rode end remover followup Q
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:34:27 EST
  ...Now I'm looking to purchase a puller--this is the type puller shown in Bentley with a threaded bolt to push out the...
• Re: upper ball joint replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:45:53 -0800
  I wonder if that puller would fit knuckle of the syncro, probably would... my usual method, either pickle fork or puller, is to apply...
• fridge removal
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Sun, 19 May 2002 08:11:37 -0700
  ...i have a service manual i got from either the wetwesties or westfailure that says i can just pull the fridge without pulling the...
• Re: still can't pull CIS injectors!
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:19:58 -0500
  ...Or WD-40 >A left handed easy-out may screw into the injector remains to grab it enough >to pull on it again. Worked...
• FW: URGENT!! Broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sat, 19 May 2012 21:01:36 -0400
  ...The pulley on our > alternator broke and its chewing up belts in minutes. New alternators > don't come with the pulley so getting one...
• Re: Brake Drum Removing
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 10:19:24 PDT
  ...I figured that if the wheels were able > to run it should be ok to pull them off. > > I used a gear puller and...
• Main Belt Pulley disconnect
  Historical mailing list - Bob Anderson
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:14:47 +0000
  Hello, I have a 1986 Vanagon 2.1 engine and last night the main pulley disconnected. It appears the bolt backed out. As I...
• H2O pump help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 08:51:14 CST6CDT
  ...how do i get this blasted thing off? i can't reach the nut behind the wp pulley/crank pulley. i might be able...
• Pulling the engine tonight, anything I need to know?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 16:40:50 -0700
  I'm pulling the engine tonight on the "new" (to me) 83, I just bought. Anywords of wisdom. The last VW engine I pulled...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Hints on removing diesel injector pump sprocket.
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 06:09:00 -0800
  ...Don't they offer a lifetime guarantee? -Dana- sdelasal@yahoo.com wrote: > > Okay ...I just busted one 3-leg puller (cheapo from Harbor Freight...
• Re: '91 Starting Issues
  Historical mailing list - Vanagaudi
  Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:27:28 +0100
  ...Probably there is sufficient current missing to pull in starter. In case starter had pulled in there is a switch attached to solenoid which...
• Re: SoCal lane splitting coming to WA?
  Historical mailing list - Mudd 'Not Jack' Sparrow
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 16:20:03 -0700
  I can't imagine anyone in a car pulling up next to a motorcyclist in the same lane. At the same time, a motorcyclist...
• How do you pull up the archives?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Jul 1997 23:18:30 -0400 (EDT)
  Can someone tell me how to pull up the archives? Thanks in advance. George in Columbus, GA
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 15:51:07 -0700
  With everything off the back of the engine I would replace the pulley seal and o ring while everything is out of the way...
• Re: tie rode end remover followup Q
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 06:22:47 -0500
  ...Now I'm looking to purchase a puller--this is the type > puller shown in Bentley with a threaded bolt to push out the...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:06:42 -0700
  ...pick n pull > found 1 westfalia at my local pick n pull. It was the same year as mine > '84. Let me know if...
• FS: Subaru SVX motor for $125.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:30:21 EDT
  ...and no, i wont pull it for you and ship it to you..u want it, you come pull it yourself. chris
• Re: URGENT!! Broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 19 May 2012 18:52:40 -0400
  ...The pulley on our alternator >> broke and its chewing up belts in minutes. New alternators don't come with >> the pulley so getting one...
• Re: More v belt questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:42:46 -0400
  On 8/24/11 3:18 PM, ralph meyermann wrote: > Hi all me again,I hate having to shim the waterpump pulley to tighten...
• Re: Ring Compressor Ideas
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 18 May 2009 15:54:57 -0700
  ...then you first have to pull the piston that is on the > pulley side in order to pull the one you need to. > > If...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:52:41 -0700
  ...Starter Bushing Blues > Jim, > > Ah ha! All-thread and inertial puller. That'll do it. I had already > threaded the bushing, but couldn't...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 11:39:48 -0700
  ...3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking? > > Hi Dave, > > To remove the oil pump does NOT require removing the rear pulley...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 May 2012 09:47:09 -0700
  The 2 piece pulley at the other end of the belt on the waterpump can be damaged from previous installation efforts. The outer half...
• 2.1L pulley on a 1.9L???? from the factory??? ????? anyone know??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:44:50 EST
  i have a '84 Wolfysburg 1.9L wbx (with pwr steering and a/c) my mechanic says that i have the pulley off the...
• Re: Servicing heater/defroster controls - 1984 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:36:33 EST
  ...But I have pulled on it > pretty hard and it did not budge. Before I break pulls straight out towards you. sometimes the top...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:35:28 -0800
  ...Using a Pittman puller to pull >off CV. Glad to know the (right sized) Pittman puller works. > >Did you use the 1- 5/16...
• Re: tool needed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 8 May 2007 20:34:00 -0500
  ...This is their normal >> tool loan service - I just did this to pull a pilot bearing on a >> different car. >> >> More notes: The puller...
• Re: Rear(very back end of the van - b ig pulley) seal leaking
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:38:29 -0700
  ...Maybe useful for pulling crankshaft seal behind pulley? Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com...
• October 1984 sunroof Vanagon - Parts Van PDX
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:59:26 -0800
  There is a 11 of�1984 vanagon at the Pick& Pull on Columbia blvd Portland Oregon. It is a sunroof 7 pass�van. It...
• Crank Pulley (more)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 16:09:58 -0400
  Sorry-It's a 4 speed, no A/C , no power anything. Just a waterpump and alternator running off the crank pulley. Scott
• Type 4 pulley
  Historical mailing list - Noel Sachkowsky
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:33:19 EST
  Doe's anyone know of a supplier who stocks "degree ring pulleys" like those available for the type 1 engines? Noel 82 Westy
• Re: Diesel water pump pulley diameter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:21:19 -0700
  ...Leave the pulleys the way they are. The one aspect of this that Shawn didn't address is the effect of the pulley diameters...
• 85 1.9L timing mark - once and for all
  Historical mailing list - Rio D. Rafael
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 20:17:15 -0800
  ...Now, my engine is an 85, but is an AC + PS one, so has a three-groove heavy cast pulley. This pulley is not...
• Re: wire pulling greese?
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 23:00:13 -0500
  Davidson wrote: > > I have a #4 automotive wire to pull through about 4 feet of snug fitting > plastic tubing. > I don't want to...
• Re: Diesel waterpumps ( 2nd request)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sat, 29 Jan 2000 14:26:52 EST
  ...Scott Foss Turbo Diesels offered a single belt conversion for Vanagons using a different pump (Rabbitt/Jetta?), waterpump pulley, crankshaft pulley, and one single...
• Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:46:05 -0700
  ...I cannot get it to pull out into the bed. It used to.... The seat back is released, the seat goes up and down...
• timing a 82 Vanagon without timing scale
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 18:00:29 -0500
  How does one time an aircooled 82 Vanagon (2.0 Liter type IV engine) without a timing mark on the pulley and a timing...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:49:15 -0700
  ...pick n pull > found 1 westfalia at my local pick n pull. It was the same year as mine > '84. Let me know if...
• Sheared Crankshaft Pulley 82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 4 Sep 1997 08:23:02 -0500
  Volks, I sheared off my crankshaft pulley last weekend on my 82 Diesel Westy. The center portion of the 2 belt pulley remained bolted...
• Re: Average time to pull transmission, engine, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:22:32 +0000
  ...What is the average time to: >> >>1) Pull a syncro engine and transmission together >>2) Pull a transmission (without pulling the engine) >>3) Replace...
• Re: Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - Terrence Clark
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 07:49:31 -0400
  ...On my late model Vanagon, as you pull the handbrake, you feel the tension build as you pull the handbrake higher. On my 84...
• Re: wire pulling greese?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stratton
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:57:34 -0500
  ...It's one of many products used when pulling cables (remember the old 25 pair cables for the old 6-button phone systems?). Keep...
• replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:24:39 -0700
  ...It seems to need some sort of a puller and probably a special one. Then I discovered that Bentley has a section on pulling...
• Re: antenna
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:58:34 -0500
  ...You'll see the way once you pull those. Karl ----- Original Message ----- Is replacing a radio antenna a major project? After trying gently but...
• Crank Pulley removal?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Moon
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:39:16 -0800
  Does anyone have any recommendations on a good way to remove the crank pulley? I have removed the crank bolt, but there isn't...
• Re: '82 Diesel vanagon. Longer replacement alternator pulley spindle
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 21 Aug 2022 14:30:19 -0700
  ...Is it too risky to go ahead and swap it in? > > The distance between the center of the alternator pulley and the next > pulley...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:50:56 -0700
  ...Let me know if there are any parts I should be pulling off this >thing! I pulled the voltage stabilizer and horn control. They...