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• Re: Camper A/C Switch (Outrageously Expensive)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:35:29 -0500
  ...Behind the switch is a black piece of plastic with the following in white (clockwise from lower left around the switch assembly): MAX COOL...
• Re: Fire! Comprehensive insurance.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:39:34 -0500
  ...Some re-engineering should be done. That back area is way too cramped and a lot of exhaust heat is trapped underneath. Did you...
• Re: Play in throttle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 06:32:07 EST
  ...It may take a few trys at assembly and disassembly to get the right shims that give the proper adjustment. If that butterfly has...
• Re: removing NA/dipstick
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:33:21 -0600
  ...On my list to do before the camping trip this summer is swap > engines,custom build exhaust,replace tank and sending unit, stainless > coolant...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter valve clearance settings on a 1600 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:33:28 -0500
  ...engine I followed the Haynes manual when > adjusting the tappets and pre-loaded the hydraulic tappets by getting to > the point where the assembly...
• Re: Sprinter James Cook
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:29:34 -0500
  ...AFAIK the MB Sprinter (no matter how badged) in the USA comes ONLY with "...the 154-horsepower five-cylinder inline turbocharged diesel engine, which...
• Re: Dropping tranny to replace main seal and "O" ring
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:41:38 -0600
  ...Its all there together, seriously doubt the price would go up much and of course I've got a new clutch assembly for $90...
• Re: 1.9 Vanagon oil lite shananagons (cont.)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 May 2006 18:37:24 -0400
  The 1.9L engines have the same basic bearing design as the type 1 engines and the center bearing in particular will pound out...
• Re: Was fuel leak? Now: appropriate route for fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:25:01 -0500
  Niel i love to see picture of your engine bay.... I really dont like running my lines under the runners. Thanks, Tony On Fri...
• Re: 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:45:56 -0700
  ...BUGPACK FLYWHEEL 12v 13lb LIGHTENED 8 DOWEL 110 ELRING SEAL KIT ENGINE SEALS & GASKETS 12 SCAT NUT CHROMOLY GLAND NUT 30 REAR MAIN SEAL...
• '89 Vanagon GL Diagnostic Challenge
  Historical mailing list - Trevor Barran
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:12:59 -0600
  ...Replace clutch assembly; replace flywheel. ---- [2] LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING: While booting down the highway near monument valley one hot day this summer, the...
• Re: LED backup lights update
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 19 Feb 2023 00:09:08 +0000
  ...I waited a few mins, then carefully clipped the light > assembly into the housing and reinstalled everything. > > Everything is working for now... but man...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:06:12 -0700
  ...underside view of switch off my old 2.1 switch, assembly > rotated 90� out of the way. Normally, it sits over the adjuster cam...
• Re: Engine shot? Odd compression readings
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:08:25 -0600
  ...Engine shot? Odd compression readings Steve; I like doing the compression check with a slightly warm engine. Run it for three or four minutes...
• Re: noisy A/C compressor
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:49:27 -0500
  ...down, over the engine sound. For better cooling up front, do two things: 1. Remove entire A/C louver assembly from front of blower...
• Re: Roof Rack Off. Comments. PIC.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:21:13 -0800
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: I need help identifying a part...........
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:10:17 -0700
  ...But I > am working on getting it all put back together. > TIA, > Paul in Tracy > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly...
• Re: 86 Syncro 2.1 surging at 2K rpm no load
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 24 May 2012 15:25:03 -0800
  ...the issue Darryl. >>> >>> > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81...
• Re: Swage Bit + Bolt for Pop Top Cable. Strong enough?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 21:54:46 -0700
  ...there is a surprising amount of force contained in the lift assembly, its good your thinking about strength of materials. good luck alistair On...
• Re: Vanagon 1.9 Cat on Jetta 2.0 engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:55:03 -0800
  ...It's relatively easy to get an engine to pass at just those conditions, and be completely dirty under other conditions. If you have...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:57:55 -0400
  ...28 Kb image: >http://tinyurl.com/67jp97o Obviously near/at engine bay is a better >location! Valve has barbed nipples. (used with PEX pipe...
• Re: fuel tank seals
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 7 Jul 2012 21:52:53 -0700
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: Print your parts
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:57:09 -0400
  You are seriously misled if you think that the printer spits out an operational assembly with moving parts. Those would all have to be...
• ADDS Drive Shaft
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 17:31:49 -0400
  ...guess that's why the VW pointy > heads added that rubber biscuit and axle assembly. Dead easy to > install, $20 for new joints when...
• Re: Rear heater issues (84)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:05:22 -0800
  ...Meds aren't going to help now! > > Me? Expert? Hey I've got a rear heater assembly lying around in the > basement. Surely that...
• Re: #8 Wire Terminal Crimp w/DIY Tools. Pass or fail? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:54:33 -0700
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:25:59 -0500
  ...extension_pair.html > > > >-- >Neil n > >65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > >'88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > >'81...
• Re: What do you say to the customs guys when heading South??
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:14:05 -0800
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: Audi S4 springs - what are those ?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:26:31 -0700
  ...4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 Internet http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic...
• Clutch chatter/TD 5sp tranny drain & fill
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:09:23 +0100
  ...After replacing the entire clutch assembly and having the engine > > rebuilt (all within the past three months) I didn't think I'd have...
• Reinventing the wheel WAS Re: In praise of VW inline fours
  Historical mailing list - ---------------------
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:08:57 -0400
  ...With the boxer engine the valves could be arranged just like an old Brigges and Straton lawn mower engine, to ensure valve guides got...
• Re: Used Radiator Inspection?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 6 Jan 2014 21:56:53 -0800
  ...I don't want to pull mine off the van to take measurements (forgot to to that when I had the engine out, doh...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:45:09 -0700
  my thoughts ... ( thanks for saying which engine .) personally I would not expect AFM mixture screw to have an affect on when fuel shut off...
• Re: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:56:47 -0500
  ...certain parts like the engine and it's assembly are a couple of those things. This isn't to say you can't get...
• Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:14:05 -0700
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: Here's a stupid request
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:25:50 -0700
  ...Depends on what you want to do, offroading comes in various forms, with many different wheel/tire sizes, and people change engines -- many of...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 18:20:13 -0700
  ...This engine has been run literally not even 30 minutes. At times i wonder if there's still assembly lube floating around in the...
• Re: lifter cam Q, 1.9 to 2.1
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 20:34:01 -0500
  ...or you could clearance the case I just stripped a GEX engine and it had some clearanced rods. Im not tempted to try to...
• Re: LED backup lights update
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:11:35 -0600
  ...I waited a few mins, then carefully clipped the light >>> assembly into the housing and reinstalled everything. >>> >>> Everything is working for now... but man...
• Re: Vangon Fan Housing
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 2 Aug 94 11:11:10 PDT
  ...Carment writes: > shop in Menlo Park and they said it was ok, they also set the timing and > fuel mixture so the engine would...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 02:02:46 -0400
  ...assembly line. If you drive a GL, perhaps you know what I mean. If you drive a Westy, you are heavier and this engine...
• Re: Fuel pump folly (little Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:38:17 -0500
  ...I opted to remove the bed with my > engine hoist to replace the pump since the tank had a lot of gas in it...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon Gas Eng. - Block's stud failure - details acoming....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:06:12 -0400
  ...This will effect the pre-load or tension of the assembly for a given torque. Using a die on the stud and tap on...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:44:26 -0700
  ...Also of possible note, ever since I've had the engine running reliably, on hot days, engine up to temp, left sitting while shopping...
• Re: Rear Oil Seal (Flywheel) Leak
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:28:47 -0500
  Jeff, Never done this myself - but stood and watched it done twice on my 88 GL with the 2.1L engine. It is the...
• Re: SAmba Ad
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 16 May 2012 23:46:52 -0700
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: Clutch experts...a couple of questions...ASAP
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:40:09 -0500
  When you have all the new parts and you're having the flywheel resurfaced it is customary to take the full assembly to a...
• Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?-upper control arm bushings!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:23:51 -0700
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• DOKA VIN Decoder mystery
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 19:13:43 -0400
  ...Position 11 for the assembly plant it was made at should be right showing as Graz Austria for a Syncro That ZZZ portion is...
• Update Brake Master Booster Q?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 20:29:13 -0400
  ...and lift up the pedal assembly with booster attached to it, then >unbolt the booster from the pedal assembly if I recall correctly. >Re...
• Re: [DIESEL] High Idle Problem Fixed! (I hope)
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:08:42 -0400
  ...and allowing the entire assembly >to vibrate. I think that somehow, the frequency of the vibration >at a certain engine RPM caused a fuel...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:07:02 -0800
  ...replacing the pedal assembly .... And the water pumps also fall under this..........what I wish for is to find the engineers that designed it...
• Re: Sad and depressed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:19:17 -0700
  ...You cannot allow any lint or dirt into the assembly. If you need to go cheap, find a good used one. They are out...
• Re: Used Radiator Inspection?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 6 Jan 2014 20:27:59 -0800
  ...A manufacture and assembly date. >> >> As for a stainless steel coolant distribution tower, uh no. That metal >> would be a PITA for someone w...
• Re: Friday: Of Starters and Beautiful Women
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:33:13 -0800
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: Digifant ECU: Corrosion? And.... Rosin or Heat Damage? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 11:32:00 -0700
  ...Thanks much, Neil. -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. '81...
• Re: JB Weld temp rating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:19:29 -0500
  ...Same experience using it to fix a turn-signal switch from a Toyota Tercel* -- it was made of some engineering plastic that nothing sticks...
• Re: Mystification
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 3 Sep 2011 22:25:23 -0500
  ...n wrote: >>> >>>> Did the engine initially run well, new harness installed? >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Neil n >> >> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp...
• Re: Type IV
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 08:02:42 -0800
  ...That means dashboard surgery, replacing the Wasserboxer blower assembly with the aircooled one. Are you going to use the Corvair gas heater? What about...
• Re: 2.1 assemble
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:52:03 -0700
  ...felder@gmail.com> wrote: > I have never done a "dry" assembly on an engine in preparation for assembling it. If you know how to...