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• Re: Van runs hot in traffic jams
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:32:58 -0600
  ...If you want this awesome single fan with the fan shroud I'll sell it. It is OEM VW and has the Audi tipple...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:59:57 -0500
  ...The Interior Fan and Evaporator were mounted behind the sink and water tank stand right behind the drivers seat. It vented out the top...
• Re: How Hot Behind Dometic Fridge On 100+F Day? (insulation clearances)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:13:35 -0700
  ...where this fan was pulling air from. To that end, had thought to direct it's intake better with some shrouding material so it...
• Re: [VB] Need Donations for Steve Dolan's engine
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:07:55 -0500
  ...I need a >> clean set of original single port tin, fan shroud with the slats, >> and fan, not looking for NOS on this, but...
• Transporter/Vanagon 1600 AirCooled.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 13:28:12 +0100
  ...bought it for 75 Guilders, a shortblock with cylinders, fan- shroud and oilcooler. The fanshroud looks like a T4 unit but is made of...
• evaporator cabinet in place now have pressure switch/50 amp fuse blown-long
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 10 May 2007 09:14:49 -0400
  ...It ran for about 2 seconds then the fans cut off. Upon further inspection the fan switch test okay and when checking the other...
• Re: Question RE installing late radiator into 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:16:49 -0700
  ...The 83 diesel >> radiator uses the same hoses, mounts, fan shrouds, temp switch, etc as >> the waterboxer radiators since it uses the same radiator...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:55:46 -0700
  ...I had a '78 Westy with this configuration (minus the front consenser of course), with a dual fan/shroud setup. Worked better by far...
• Re: Oil leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 06:53:01 -0700
  ...from >the rear of the engine between the block and the fan shrouding. I replaced >the oil cooler and associated gaskets (o-rings) in...
• Re: The Mouse that ate our Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 May 1999 19:38:03 EDT
  ...sits, dead. (but with a baited mousetrap on top of the fan shroud!! ) most likely the little rodent had chewed thru some of the...
• Re: Fridges ,rust and a paintjob (91 GL)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:40:24 -0700
  ...my > upcoming task? > ie fibreglass insulation or not, shrouding the flu, POR or ?, exhast fans > , > etc.etc. > I am not too picky about asthetics...
• Re: rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:49:40 -0800
  You might want to check the resistor continuity for fan speeds 1 and 2 (connect pin, not electric source) and other end to ground...
• Re: Oil Splatters in Engine Compartment
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 13:57:48 -0700
  ...Somehow it seems like it must be getting in the fan shroud to get atomized and blown around like it does, but I can...
• Re: 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Wed, 8 May 1996 22:10:00 +0000
  ...crud on the blades of my cooling fan..... > If you can get the cooling tin, fan shroud and air duct off you might be...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 03:20:32 EDT
  ...This cover is then connected by flexible rubber tube to a fan blower (the fuel injector cooling fan from the Audi 5000 Turbo) sitting...
• Sunday morning, radiator change
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 11:27:53 -0500
  ...I plan on sanding and painting the fan shroud. There is a brass screw at the top of the radiator. Is this a bleeder...
• Re: Odd AC contraption
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:09:05 -0500
  ...The drive pulley mounts behind the cooling fan engine blower pulley, the belt then passes through an existing opening behind the big aluminum shroud...
• Re: Interior heat should be independent of the thermostat ??
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:56:34 -0700
  ...My auxiliary fan mounted above the engine in the engine shroud blows great air up to the front of the van, but it is...
• Fire Investigation Type IV engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:45:33 -0500
  ...this tree mounted under the cold start valve. #2) The Magnesium fan shroud caught fire (tells me there was a lot of heat) and...
• Re: cooling fan dying?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:47:53 -0700
  ...Removing the fan motor is moderately difficult. You need to lower the radiator about half way so you can remove the shroud, but you...
• 81 chirping/compression test?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:54:25 -0500
  ...check fanbelt/alt bearing (just put new belt on in august&it is tightened to spec), no grease where the points rubbing block and...
• Re: Ramona Rests (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 10:24:09 -0500 (CDT)
  ...There is only about 3 > inches of space between the top of the compartment and the fan shrouding to > lift it and wiggle the...
• Re: Squealing Radiator Fan Motor
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 02:28:07 +0000
  Thanks Dennis for the advice....and now you've got my mind working "outside the box".  Yep, the universal 16" radiator fan with "some...
• Clean-up '81 Westy- Oil leaks (long)
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:47:17 +0000
  ...The fan shroud and flaps were filled with oil, I had to take them all apart and gunk it out. Oil also found its...
• Re: The Mouse that ate our Vanagon/FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 7 May 1999 19:45:19 -0400
  ...sits, dead. (but with a baited mousetrap on > top of the fan shroud!! ) > most likely the little rodent had chewed thru some of the...
• Re: mystery hose disconnected
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:55:06 -0600
  ...it should connect to the fan shroud ... yup. on the air filter side, way up top, there should be a connector for it. somewhere...
• Re: Squealing Radiator Fan Motor
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 20:17:30 -0700
  ...Yep, the universal 16" radiator fan with "some > creativity for mounting brackets" seems like a great idea. After all, it's > only a fan...
• Re: radiator install
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:07:49 -0700
  ...Check fit of fan shroud fasteners (to rad) before installing. My '85 fasteners (from orig. all metal rad) didn't fit my new Behr...
• Re: inline 4 SWAP? was Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 06:24:58 -0600
  ...Then you'd have to run coolant lines up front and put in a radiator, fan and shroud somehow and add relays, fuses and...
• Re: An Introduction and noise question
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 07:11:18 -0700
  ...Is the noise synchronous with engine speed? Sounds like the fan may be rubbing against the fan housing - look for fine powdered aluminum around...
• The Earlboiner
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 19:17:34 -0700
  ...Ken removed the fan shroud and confirmed that the oil cooler seals did not, do not, and likely will not ever leak. The area...
• '72 Westie engine teardown
  Historical mailing list - Randall Carpenter
  Tue, 9 Jul 96 18:50:29 -0500
  ...Carb comes out, distributor, intake manifold, generator and fan, support stand, fan shrouding, exhaust manifolds (damn), muffler (damn). Since I went though all this...
• Re: The water heater project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 8:55:54 PST
  So L.S.Griffiths@physics.salford.ac.uk says: > a heater box exhaust tube - without the heater box shroud and fins. > I am going...
• weber carburetor
  Historical mailing list - Jack F Bradley
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:28:46 -1000 (HST)
  ...adjusted? the screw in the front (between the carb and the fan shroud) (front=back, right? :) Should it spin out to make the gas...
• Flywheel and orientation...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 19:26:58 -0700
  ...Conversely, in the Porsche 914, where the engine is mid-mounted ahead of the transaxle, the front of the engine is the fan shroud...
• Re: Vanagon trivia
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:37:18 -0700
  ...These also got a unique larger fan blade, fan motor, fan shroud as well as a different shift lever and front shifter box. The...
• Re: diesel vanagon radiator
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:35:54 -0700
  ...swap the radiator mounts to the later style, and > use the shroud, fan, and thermo switch off the gas van. The bottom mounts > bolt...
• Re: Squealing Radiator Fan Motor
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 20:23:11 -0700
  Oops sorry, they have the liquid cooling system stuff, not the fans....I like Spal. Racing supply houses... On Apr 6, 2016 8:17...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:30:30 +0000
  ...Consider replacing that outdated power hungry noisy fan with the restrictive shroud for a modern fan solution. I recently posted what I am using...
• heat pipe redux; pressure sender
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jul 1995 11:05:47 -0700
  ...how it fastens to the upper pipe (the one in the fan shroud) but there seems to be a clamp on the lower end...
• Re: type 1 engine price NVC
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 02:19:22 -0500
  ...If it has the "dog house" fan shroud even better. If it has the dual relief case then pop the champagne. The DH shroud...
• Re: Squealing Radiator Fan Motor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 01:30:07 -0400
  ...Yep, the universal 16" radiator fan with "some creativity for mounting brackets" seems like a great idea. After all, it's only a fan...
• Re: 82 won't start when hot was re:83' won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:20:54 -0400
  ...engine bay? If I remember right the sender is between the fan shroud and the air distributor, in a hole in the tin. It...
• Re: Fire Investigation Type IV engine
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:28:41 +0100
  ...this tree mounted under the cold start valve. > #2) The Magnesium fan shroud caught fire (tells me there was a lot of > heat) and...
• Re: Weight of 2ltr air-cooled engine ???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 21:48:15 -0400
  ...Once you add the alternator, heat exchangers, exhaust, cooling fan, shrouds, intake, flywheel, pressure plate, and all of the little screws that hold it...
• Re: A/C ducting
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 17:59:32 EDT
  ...Conversation is even possible with the fan on "3" or "4". (4) At this point, I hadn't replaced the plastic vent shroud yet...
• Re: Frydae - For VW Oldtimers
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:40:12 -0600
  ...And it had the late flat cooling shroud - fan at the end of the cranks shaft as I recall. John On 2/28/2014...
• Re: Oil leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 07:20:43 -0500
  ...The oil is leaking from >the rear of the engine between the block and the fan shrouding. I replaced >the oil cooler and associated...
• '66 bus w/ flickering oil light
  Historical mailing list - nick mcree
  Sat, 9 Apr 1994 12:48:46 -0500 (CDT)
  ...single-port, Pict-30, 009, oil cooler mounted on outside of fan shroud, towards the front [front is front], and an external oil filter...
• Re: Tables, Oil Leaks, and Aux. Heater in 79 Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Fri, 10 May 1996 22:23:03 +0000
  ...It also got on the motor mounts and ruined the rubber and found its way in the fan shroud and caused an oil smell...
• Re: Use this for fire safetey... AND eliminate the fire hazard...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:55:32 -0700
  ...It was so ugly that I didn't even pull the engine, however, the fan shroud and case never burned. So, I can honestly...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 14:07:05 -0700
  ...This cover is then connected by flexible rubber tube to a fan >blower (the fuel injector cooling fan from the Audi 5000 Turbo) sitting...
• Re: Spring Cleaning an Air-cooled Motor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:25:34 -0600
  ...With later Type IV 2000cc engines the fan shroud is magnesium and it can ignite, I tend to think the engine fan is magnesium...
• Re: Couple of minor propane fridge mods
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:42:28 -0400
  I agree you have squirrel cage fans there. but there is a muffin fan too, in the 3rd pic down. the 3 little squirrel...
• Re: VANAGON digest 426
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 95 09:16:17 PDT
  ...2.) Reach around back of the engine (toward the front of the car, actually), over the top of the fan shroud, and wrap your...
• Re: Fridges ,rust and a paintjob (91 GL)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:21:14 EDT
  ...resource for my upcoming task? ie fibreglass or not, shrouding the flu,POR,exhast fans,etc.etc. I am not too picky about asthetics...
• Re: Squealing Radiator Fan Motor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 01:45:29 -0400
  ...Yep, the universal 16" radiator fan with "some creativity for mounting brackets" seems like a great idea. After all, it's only a fan...
• Re: radiators
  Historical mailing list - AD Felder
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:38:17 -0700
  ...Mounts are different, fan shroud is different, temp switch layout and wiring is different, hoses are different. I always upgrade 82 vans to the...
• Re: Use this for fire safetey... AND eliminate the fire hazard...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:47:29 -0400
  ...It was so ugly that >I didn't even pull the engine, however, the fan shroud and case never >burned. > >So, I can honestly...
• Fwd: [VB] Need Donations for Steve Dolan's engine
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:07:19 -0800
  ...I need a > clean set of original single port tin, fan shroud with the slats, > and fan, not looking for NOS on this, but...