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• Re: Easing the required torque - Westy seats
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 23 May 2005 15:01:56 -0600
  On 5/23/05 1:30 PM, "Loren Busch" <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > RE: Tight Swivel Seats > In addition to cleaning like Jim suggested...
• Re: the thread a few days/weeks ago about different exhaust options.
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 01:44:14 -0400
  here is my new exhaust system. (i lost a bunch of low-end torque, but if someone has a supercharger in their system, this...
• Re: NVC My impressions of the VW Toureg
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:56:53 -0700
  ...the engine was about 330HP and over 500 ft lbs of torque. Tom F. I __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:58:16 -0400
  ...Any thread friction will affect the > final clamp load after torqueing. This is why many critical applications > now torque to some lower number and...
• Re: Mercedes Wheels Installation Question 90 GL
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:50:03 -0700
  ...For example, you put a ballseat lugnut in a conical seat hole, you are applying the torque only in the portion that is touching...
• Re: engine brake in
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clayton
  Fri, 7 Jul 1995 09:47:20 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I used a torque wrench and went to 350#. For the first 1000 miles I did not over-rev or wind out the engine...
• Re: Crankshaft pully bolt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:50:42 -0500
  ...Upon checking the Bentley, it appears that VW actually made tools to handle this problem and allow proper torqueing of the bolt. The items...
• Trip Report - "Hi-Torque" starter and leaky gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Gordon
  Wed, 31 May 2006 13:50:37 -0400
  ...Had major issues before we started with a "hi-torque" starter from randymofoco on Ebay. It died after 1 month and had to be...
• Re: 5 cylinder engine swap in progress
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Sat, 8 May 1999 22:57:15 EDT
  ...Detlev can also hop them up if you wish, but the stock torque is plenty for me. The turbo gives more horsepower, but isn...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Marc
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:41:53 -0800
  ...Some fasteners are always one time use, like most torque to stretch bolts. Some are multi-use. But how can you tell if a...
• Un-removable lug nuts? Prevent this and another hint..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 20:32:29 -0800
  ...In a pinch, that translates to "substantial effort with a Star lug wrench" You should find what is recommended for your torque on your...
• Re: rear wheel bearings - Pontification
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 18 May 2000 12:08:17 -0700
  ...BTW it should be torqued at 500 Nm - that is a lot of torque and usually requires an impact gun sitting there on the...
• Re: Auto Trans questions/ woes
  Historical mailing list - aka.bugle
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:57:23 -0400
  ...Auto Trans questions/ woes > > > >I have an '86 GL Automatic and I'm getting some serious idleing speed > > noise from the torque converter area...
• Syncro Oettinger 6 cylinders 3.2 liters wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 23:30:39 +0100
  ...Is that enough? Max torque is huge but I don't know exactly how much. I think there is enough torque at low revs...
• Re: Yes!5 Cyl into 87 Syncro Camper
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:26:12 -0500
  ...hp. > >These motors DO NOT have the amazingly strong bottom end >torque that these latest direct injection TDI diesels have, >some of which are...
• Re: Bad Tiico's and Good Samaritans (story)
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:59:36 -0800
  ...Low end torque to spare, and boogies like mad at the upper ranges. I'd consider this engine for my Syncro Westy - anyone have...
• lug nut torque?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 22:02:07 -0400
  ...in how tight they should be? I can't find a torque spec for them. Was this just the result of a mechanic with...
• Re: lug nut torque?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:16:57 EDT
  ...Coating the threads would require derating the applied torque to arrive at the proper bolt stretch. I suppose that only coating the flange also...
• Re: Hi-torque starter installation
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:33:09 +0000
  ...Hi-torque starter installation >Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:15:00 -0500 > >Joe, > >The big wire going forward is to the battery and...
• A/C compressor repair
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 7 Jul 2012 07:04:40 -0400
  ...I don't have the piece that broke off (too much torque on adjusting-arrgh!). I was wondering if discharging the system and removing...
• Luftmassenmesser Umr�stsatz (LMU) ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:49:26 -0800
  ...It yields 10%-12% more power and torque at the wheels as well as better fuel economy and reliability through all altitudes and conditions...
• Re: Coolant leak...the story continues...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 13:21:44 CST6CDT
  ...I could see it if you > torqued it to tight, but if it's just snug I don't see a problem. I have...
• RE: 911 motor in a VW transporter
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 03 Mar 1995 15:03:10 EST
  ...Nominal HP increase of 15 or so not matched by change in peak torque. Six is a different story. The exhaust note alone is...
• Re: thinking about selling vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:41:39 -0500
  ...Is the > Porsche box even up to the load of a heavy Vanagon and this much torque? i believe so... i would probably use...
• Re: (F) Looking for a Vanagon kind of wife
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:54:11 -0700
  ...knowledge of tools ("Honey, can you get me the 3/8 torque > wrench with the 2" wobble extension and a size 13 socket") > __________________________________________________ FREE...
• Re: [Syncro] Headlight relay upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 09:55:05 -0500
  ...Of course -- I always remove expired calibration stickers from my gear (except torque wrenches, taking the sticker off every day got to be a...
• Re: rough idle + exaust leak
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:02:24 -0400
  James Gebhard wrote: >> I had let the engine warm up before I did the final torque on the headers. >> they won't seal to...
• Re: Peloquin torque biasing differential
  Historical mailing list - Daryl of AA Transaxle
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:24:14 -0800
  ...Peloquin torque biasing differential Yeah, though Troy's point needs to be well taken about Quaife style (Peloquin being the biggest oldest ripoff of...
• Re: Rear axle nut size?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 20 May 2002 08:17:06 -0600
  > You don't need to take it off for most brake work, and it's quite difficult > to remove (and needs very large torque...
• Re: Latest dyno run
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:01:07 -0400
  ...didn't see the torque *way* down there. I'm too used to >seeing >the torque from a TDI! ;-) > >David Marshall > ________________________________________ Bostig Engineering Engine...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:24:54 -0500
  ...Not even from > me! > > But seriously VW and many other manufacturers use torque to yield or > > the torque angle method to actually make for...
• Re: more VC obsession
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:11:47 -0700
  ...The more i read, the more I believe that the hump condition is *the* torque transfer mechanism when the vc being called upon. One...
• Re: lug nuts--broke a socket--socket strength investigations...
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:18:42 -0700
  ...regular sockets. > >So in the middle of all these posts about the proper tightening torque for >lug nuts (I think there's been a...
• Re: Knocking Rod arm/B. Bobs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:47:08 -0600
  ...That knock could be loose torque converter, loose flex plate, broken flex plate. That 35$ Oil pressure gauge is something you're going to...
• Re: vw tranny tool
  Historical mailing list - Steve Young
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:31:58 -0700
  ...Its a very high torque and in a hard to reach place. I doubt it would be easily fabricated. www.longenterprises.com will rent...
• Re: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:09:20 -0800
  ...especially on Waterboxers have to be de-torqued just the same as they have to be torqued down. If they were somewhat loose than...
• Re: Auto trans operating test help?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:04:47 -0500
  At 10:15 AM 11/11/2012, OlRivrRat wrote: > It sounds to me as if you are not LosingYourMind but that > the Trany&TorqueCon...
• Re: Bostig, Zetex, Tiico - what do those names refer to?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:31:37 -0500
  ...At 2.0 litres, what was the general problem for this power plant, not enough torque? <http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php...
• Re: Golf/Jetta engine in gas Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 12:44:29 +0100
  ...16v built into a Vanagon (2WD, diesel bellhousing and adaptor), but the torque problem to the syncro tranny is another theme. Helmut '80 Camper
• Re: Vanagon back in US in 1999
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:33:26 -0400
  ...HP has been reduced from 170 to 140 but > torque is way up. it makes these puppies move... > > Eurovan VR6's since '97 (1st...
• Re: firestone lube special
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 12:53:31 -0700
  ...Use a torque wrench, And make sure you use the crush type washer. Your choices for oil vary. Too many of these types of...
• Re: torque converter won't fit
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 10:18:11 EDT
  Jeff, look in the hole in the end of the crank. See a thing that looks like a pilot bearing. Swear. Pull it out...
• Removing flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 14:08:01 -0400
  ...The Bently says these bolts are torqued to 80 ft lbs but I don't beleive it anymore. Anyone have any final suggestions before...
• Engine Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Monique & Derrick MacKenzie
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:04:48 -0300
  My '85 Vanagon is dripping oil from the housing around the torque converter. It is engine oil and the problem is that it drips...
• best speed for best gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:15:52 -0500
  ...Would it be at the max engine torque rpm (2800 for my 1.9 I think)? I am planning a trip for Thanksgiving break...
• Jetta tranny to Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michel Bertin
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:06:48 -0400
  ...should research the ring and pinion gear ratio's and the torque convertor for any difference. Jeff E. Lilburn, Ga. 87'WESTY (with a...
• Re: Brake Drums?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:44:38 -0500
  ...Just make sure you get that center nut properly torqued. I've heard horror stories about slightly loose ones causing stripped hub splines. I...
• Re: flywheel bolts stuck
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:16:40 -0500
  ...ACCESS4LESS.NET> wrote: >Scott, > If you drill the heads off the torque will be released so the remaining >bolt should, theoretically, come out easily...
• Re: V8 into Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 18:12:16 +1300
  >We can install the Ford Racing roots blower on the zetec and make more >power and more low end torque than the SVX without...
• Removing the three torque converter bolts
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 20:02:51 -0700
  Hi- I'm removing an automatic transmission and the bolts are 10 mm - are'nt they suppposed to be 13mm? I can't turn...
• Re: Vanagon engine swaps(long)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 02 Jun 1996 23:25:04 -0700
  ...If the torque is obviously there to easily pull another gear, it's natural to want to shift up. Second, the torque rating on...
• Re: Use this for fire saftey... AND eliminate the fire hazzard...
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 17:31:04 -0700
  ...I have to buy a drive plate and got machine work done to my torque converter. I may have to buy a torque converter...
• Re: Sealant on metal head gasket and green o-ring?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 29 May 2000 08:31:37 -0400
  ...bolts have been used twice, how many times have other people torqued > their bolts? > I'm willing to try some kind of repair and...
• Re: Replaced heads, now water in oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:54:21 -0400
  ...One of the nuts may not be torqued properly. If you filled the nuts with sealant, then they did not torque down properly. Also...
• Re: 102mph - Turbo vs. 6-cylinder
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Fri, 18 May 2007 20:51:36 -0400
  ...2 liters and not much low end torque. The newer 2.5 turbos are extremely rare and expensive on the used market. Most of...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:15:01 -0700
  ...lug nuts torque- > No, you're right Scott, the wide fives have the stupid lug bolts all the > way > around. I > > Was that just...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:50:28 -0500
  ...A minimal tool kit? > > >> At 07:17 AM 9/8/2010 �-0700, Jay lefstein wrote: >>> >>> David do you keep 2 torque wrench's in...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:01:13 -0800
  ...well in, Master Bentley, they have an equation on adding an extension on the drive side, or buy a 300lb torque wrench. Here's...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:52:25 -0400
  ...Any thread friction will affect the final clamp load after torqueing. This is why many critical applications now torque to some lower number and...
• Re: Ideal Gearing Query For Subaru Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:15:56 -0700
  ...Where the torque peak is on the motor, The torque curve of the motor, and the 4th gear ratio. If you can easily shift...