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• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:42:35 -0500
  ...That torque on that size engine can possibly make for a short life. Holes in pistons, cylinder wall, and rod failures, etc. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Transmission Seal Leak!?
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:43:38 -0500
  ...Looked like the torque >>>> converter >>>> had spun some around on last weekend's short drive. >>>> >>>> I tried to dig up some info on Vanagon...
• Re: Head bolts on Air cooleds oil leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 19:39:14 -0400
  ...the only thing that should be there is a very thin > metal gasket, which deforms slightly on torque, and seals and case to cylinder...
• Re: . . . & Those Damn Shear Bolts
  Historical mailing list - MF
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:57:59 -0500
  ...if the shearing heads are to control install > torque, why work so hard to make them difficult to remove > afterwards? Furthermore, *what purpose* in...
• 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:32:30 -0700
  ...If a head nut isn't obviously loose, should I leave those alone? (not torque down) I'm sure I can safely feel if...
• Re: Swivel seat
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:17:49 -0500
  ...I got some info from the archives, but I'm still wondering if there is a torque value assigned to those nylock nuts. Anyone...
• Re: SF Bay Area CV Joint for Sale?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:45:00 -0700
  ...You might want to stop at a VW shop of one sort or antoher just to get them all properly torqued (great for peace...
• Re: stranded
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Wed, 28 Sep 94 14:19:56 CDT
  ...VW dealer that rotated your tires used 500 ft/lb of torque to >> put them back on. Ask me how I know... > >No, I...
• Re: On Longevity, Displacement, Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:14:43 EST
  ...Now the choice of what engine to bolt in and what transmission to use are best done with the torque vs. rpm curves as...
• Re: End of the list? Was Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 5 Jun 2015 21:50:16 -0700
  You're blaming FB because you are not using tools made available to you?! Go to your privacy settings and set to approve anything...
• Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:37:04 -0800
  ...Audi 5000" His reasoning is that the 5000 put too much torque for the > tranny to handle it. That's when I found out...
• Re: Loss of power
  Historical mailing list - midworld midworld
  Wed, 13 May 1998 14:12:34 PDT
  Ken- Thanks I'm taking it to the place that rebuilt the engine on friday the heads need to be re-torqued anyway so...
• Re: Lug Nut Torque?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 16:31:38 EST
  Front Suspension 1980 to Nov.1984..............125 ft-lbs from Nov.1984.................133 ft-lbs Rear Suspension All...........................133 ft-lbs Drive Safely & Good...
• Re: Oh Well... Stripped Oil Drain Plug...
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 10:40:49 -0600
  ...As you torque your plug, the ring will crush easily. I have only found these at the dealer and they are cheap anyway. Don...
• When can I get Wasserboxer power graphs?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall (Fast Forward)
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 21:12:59 -0700
  I am looking for the graphs showing the relation of RPM vs HP/Torque for the 1.9L and 2.1L wasserboxers. Can anyone...
• Transaxle noise
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:42:06 -0500
  ...Volume depends upon the torque applied. Vehicle has 183K miles, but I know nothing of it's history before the last 30K Redline-fed...
• Free Used automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:35:15 -0400
  ...Complete with torque converter. Has had synthetic fluid and grease for the last 100K miles. Was removed when I converted to a manual transmission...
• leaking thermostat
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 28 May 2007 15:48:45 -0400
  ...everything back up (with a new thermostat and O ring), and torqued the bolts to 7nm (as the bently sudgested, though this seems very...
• Re: Torque on coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:20:21 -0500
  If you want to get really fancy: A standard O-ring (which this is not) is normally compressed around 20%. So if you measure...
• Re: Oil plug
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:34:46 -0700
  ...It is the same torque that the exhaust system fasteners call for. It is the same torque that the steering rack is bolted to...
• Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:22:27 -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: towing capacity with big brakes and turbo zetec engine
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:51:57 -0400
  Hey David, By "zetec conversion site" is the Bostig site? You shouldn't have seen 300 BHP for a trans torque limit on it...
• Re: Type III trailing arm???
  Historical mailing list - VW SQUAREBACK
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:46:50 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The last > puller I tried I tightened it with a lot of torque, I measured it with a > torque wrench and it was 120...
• Re: Engine swaps-prefer to keep VW
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:16:26 -0800
  ...i understand from the Autocrossers the 16v engines have much less torque than their 8v brothers... Allthough the only 16v i've driven was...
• Re: hole saws/floor cutting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:36:40 -0600
  ...I borrowed a 3/4 inch drill for the job, though, as you need lots of torque and the handle extenstions on the big...
• Re: For Sale: Volkswagen LT35 in SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:35:23 -0600
  ...More recently, the front wheel drive versions came fitted with larger displacement high torque low rpm turning motors than those fitted in the Eurovan...
• Re: Peloquin torque biasing differential
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:24:10 -0500
  ...Peloquin limited slip differential, or I > guess more correctly called a torque biasing differential. I have an 89 > automatic, and German transaxle out of...
• Re: HF Specials
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:28:50 -0400
  ...drive torque wrench - 20 to 150 ft lbs - for $19.99 - if one > needs a torque wench. Dunno how good they are - but may...
• New Auto Transmissions Arrived
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 12:22:39 -0500
  ...I now have three genuine Volkswagen automatic transmissions available, with torque converters, for $1599 each. These are brand new, not rebuilt. They are the...
• Re: Oh Well... Stripped Oil Drain Plug...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:48:39 EDT
  ...As you torque your plug, the ring will crush easily. I have only found these at the dealer and they are cheap anyway. >> These...
• Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 12:10:31 +0000
  ...better driveability because maximum torque and horsepower are developed, i.e. maximum advance under all conditions, better fuel mileage as the engine is tuned...
• Re: OIL PRESSURE RELIEF PLUG
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 13:25:13 -0800
  ...It is the best way to get proper torque for re-installing. Some VW parts stores even rent them. Stuart
• Auto vs manual engine wear
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:01:32 -0800
  ...My thinking is that the torque converter absorbs some of the shock between the wheels and the crank. It seems altogehter "smoother" than a...
• Mystery engine wire
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Silliker
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:42:05 -0500
  ...One end was disconnected, the other end seems to be connected to something on the engine block near the torque converter. Looking through the...
• Re: regarding head gasket failures on water cooled engs....
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:14:31 -0700
  ...That they are 'stretch bolts' and when used the first time and torqued to the proper spec are then under tension. Once used they...
• Re: Tiptronic
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:21:53 -0700
  Nah, changing shift points leaves you with a 3 speed 090 transmission with a non lock-up torque converter that still only gets you...
• Oil Cooler and Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:33:50 -0800
  ...Bleed front till no air and top off in rear? Any idea(no torque wrench, my kid borrowed) how tight the retainer nut goes...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:12:30 -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: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 02:12:37 -0000
  Slight correction.. >Braking force for this instance is the torque applied to the axle by the brakes multiplied by the distance from the hub...
• Re: Why go to big tires?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:03:22 -0700
  ...tire diameter gives less 'thrust' at the road surface since the torque is acting over a greater moment arm (distance from the center of...
• Re: Diesel head bolt torque, Cofap rings
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:57:05 -0700
  On 24 Oct 2001 at 11:16, Dan Snow wrote: > Two questions: > 1) In the Bentley head bolt torque procedure for 1.6NA stretch...
• Re: Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:59:48 -0700
  ...This is one place where made in > USA is > very important! The Chinese bearings just wont last. > Torque the nut until you can just...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:33:16 -0500
  ...Calling it phase was probably misleading, since it's a pulse train and not a continuous wave. >Providing torque seems to me to be...
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:20:35 -0800
  ...the waterboxer vanagon has a very strange 'too flat' torque curve. Before the advent of variable valve timing and varible intact tract configuration in...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:47:17 -0700
  ...lug nuts torque- > > > Hey Dave, stock Vanagon fitment is nuts on studs in the rear and lug bolts >> in the front just like a...
• Re: Success and clunk question
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Fri, 1 Jul 2022 14:42:50 -0700
  ...Success and clunk question Oh, good thought, can you tell me the correct torque for the rear shock bolts? And then I will check...
• Re: No turn over
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Tue, 19 Mar 2019 21:28:37 -0700
  Transmission ground strap frame bolt not fully torqued, also red wire from battery only hand tight. Turns over just great, but now floods (with...
• Re: Preliminary Tools List
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:55:47 -0500
  ...Get 3/4" drive for the big nut/high torque jobs. Wolf
• Rocker Arm gaskets?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 15:41:43 EDT
  Well, I installed the heads on my 1600 DP and did the torque thing as per St. Muir. Reading over the procedure for installing...
• Re: RE HP and Torque Specs
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Fri, 08 Mar 1996 09:47:32 +0000
  > Std. Gas. Optional Diesel > > Bore x stroke, in 3.70 x 2.80 3.01 x 3.4 > > Displacement cu in/cc 120/1970...
• Re: Load screeching sound from leaving lights on?
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 21:15:55 -0600
  ...screeching Steve, your symptoms surely do sound like belt slipping induced by a much higher charge rate causing the torque required to spin your...
• Rear hatch droops, mirrors won't stay in place
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:27:09 -1000
  ...tighten the nut inside the mirror, be careful though, too much torque and the bolt might sheer off. new mirrors from vendors run approx...
• 85 Vanagon GL for sale in DC area.
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wagener
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:01:46 -0500
  ...It is blue, runs good(drive it everyday) has some new parts, torque convertor, starter, fuel pump, air sensor, plugs, wires, distro, etc. I...
• Re: [DIESEL] Turbo drainage to pan (Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 19:00:28 -0700
  It's a banjo bolt pn N 021 090 2, the torque to tighten it is 50 Nm (~36 ft.lbs.), but I don...
• Euro Vanagons 2.1L have 112 horsies......how do they accomplish t his?.....compression @ 10:1?.....G-cam?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:26:37 -0600
  ...crank to get it up to 2.4L and tons more torque How do the Europeans accomplish 112-115 BHP from their 2.1L...
• Re: What good are wheel locks?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:19:19 -0800
  ...I forgot... >Not true, you got to remove the brake calipers to get the rotors off and >if they are properly torqued to the...
• Re: how much head stud corrosion is OK?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 20:57:57 -0400
  ...I didn't repair that engine so I didn't address the torque values for the studs. Mike '84 GL 7 pass '85 GL...
• Re: List for Volvo owners? NOW ON TOPIC!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:52:47 -0400
  ...that engine only good for around 110 hp? It seems fairly torquey for a four-banger, though...you could certainly do worse. -- David Brodbeck...
• Re: redline (not the oil)
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:42:13 -0700
  ...Who needs four gears? Torque peak in 3d is 75mph. Who needs more than that in a 5000 lb brick. With these enviable characteristics...
• Re: Coolant bottle harbinger - opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:41:36 -0700
  ...The next day found coolant pooled around the upper rear left head torque nut. Figured maybe I'd done a bad, bad thing. I...