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• Re: Coolant hoses most likely to fail?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 22 May 2009 17:33:42 -0400
  John, you can use the syncro thermostat housing in your 2wd van and there is no problem with the hoses. However there is a...
• Re: Rear Wheel Bearing Options
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:54:27 -0400
  ...How can you do it with the bearing housing still on the van? Some sort of puller? Thanks for any further tips on this...
• Re: Old wiper motor parks, New doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 5 Apr 2007 21:38:22 -0500
  ...Make sure _all_ the wires are hooked up and that the motor housing is grounded to the van like it would be when it...
• thermostat housings now being made
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:40:20 -0500
  ...Looks like it would be the last time you replace the housing. Bill
• FS: VDO gauges
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:32:57 -0700
  ...VDO oil pressure 0-80psi VDO oil temperature 120-300F VDO voltmeter VDO housing (black) for 3 gauges VW OEM instrument cluster housing (black...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:34:03 -0700
  The housing is made of a pretty good quality steel (no, I don't know exactly what steel) and is quite springy. I think...
• Re: jb welding speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:54:59 EDT
  ...the stuff is awesome, and bonds to the speedo cluster housing very well..you can even sand it afterewards. to repair the speedo housing...
• Re: LVC Any adhesive gurus out there?
  Historical mailing list - whaslup
  Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:01:26 -0500
  John Meeks wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I've built an adapter to mount Cibie H4 lamp housings to the Vanagon > headlight mount/adjuster setup but...
• Re: Trouble with snorkel from AFM to TBH
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 6 Oct 2016 10:27:53 -0700
  Is the air cleaner housing properly seated? The two studs at bottom of air cleaner housing should seat into holes at body metal (grommet...
• Re: leakey thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:29:55 EDT
  ...Just order a new upper- $12 and lower- $24 Thermostat housing from me. Might as well replace the thermostat- $14 and o-ring at...
• The Lost is Found!
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:34:09 -0500
  Found it! The throttle valve switch is located waaaay underneath the throttle intake housing. I was looking for it directly beneath the control mechanism...
• Removing 1990+ Westy Evaporator housing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:16:37 -0700
  Has anyone removed the evap housing on a 90 or 91 Westy? This one has the ducting that runs to the end of the...
• Re: URGENT: Need bell housing in Ontario!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 6 May 2003 17:32:25 -0700
  The bell housings are the same, air-cooled or water-cooled. I can send you one for free, you pay shipping. Just the casting...
• Re: Check this part out on ebay..............
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:16:08 -0700
  ...Audi 400 Fox VW Dasher Jetta Rabbit Engine Water Pump Thermostat Housing Meyle | eBay<http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audi-400-Fox-VW-Dasher...
• Wanted: Rear AC housing
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:07:25 EST
  Need AC housing for the rear of my '87 GL. Must be perfect. Mine has a small piece missing where it mounts to the...
• Flat tire
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:34:05 -0500
  All this talk of housing prices in California did not make me miss living there until yesterday when I changed a flat in 4...
• Re: A/C ducts recall info needed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:35:54 EST
  ...I HAD significant cracks in my 87's evap housing at these bolts. While I had my evaporator down for A/C work, I...
• Ideas wanted...Dreaded speedo/housing breakage repair
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:11:41 -0700
  Has anyone found a fix/re-engineer for the problem of the speedo breaking out of the back of the instrument cluster (housing) ? I...
• Looking for starter bolt for 87, 4 speed tranny
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:58:12 -0500
  I am in desparate need for the top bolt that connects the starter (manual tranny) to the bell housing. It is the one that...
• Speedometer Disassembly Question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:56:23 -0400
  Does anyone know how to remove the speedometer/odometer assembly from its plastic housing? I've got the needle and faceplate removed, and I...
• reseal headlight?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:57:58 -0500
  In preparing to install my new GE Nighthawk bulbs, I tried to clean the low-beam lamp housings with 90% alcohol. The left housing...
• Re: Thermostat housing bolts, 91 westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hawkins
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:23:11 -0400
  ...Since I removed the front exhaust piping (stainless steel studs and nuts!) access to the thermostat housing was easy; a sawzall cut the allan...
• Re: Water in headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 May 1997 12:49:20 -0700
  ...Or the lamp housing in general? I've had moisture accumulate in the right-rear tail lamp housing after extended exposure to rain conditions...
• Re: Rear A/C Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 08:36:17 -0700
  ...Arnott WetWesties Union, OR Randy Herd wrote: > > The rear A/C housing in my 86 GL has broken loose on both sides and across...
• Need air filter housing part
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Wed, 10 May 2000 23:43:30 -0700
  I am missing one of the four metal clamps that join the upper and lower parts of the Digijet air filter housing. Does anyone...
• Syncro double-cab tranny woes story
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 22:07:26 -0300
  ...the top of the transmission housing (the center housing) had been eaten completely through the top of the casing - a whole the size of...
• Re: NEED HELP W/ THERMOSTAT HOUSING
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 06:30:31 EDT
  ...At any rate you will have to replace the plastic housing so do not worry about damaging it. Once the housing has been removed...
• Correct location for thermostat housing O-ring
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 01:02:45 -0400
  On my Vanagon (2.1L), I took apart the thermostat housing to put in a working thermostat. After I put it back together, it...
• Vanagon clutch housing rebuil
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:59:26 -0700
  Vanagon clutch housing rebuil First step is removing the clutch operating arm,slave cylinder mount, drivers side bearing,clutch operating shaft and passengers side...
• Speakers
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 13 Jul 2019 10:18:35 -0700
  ...The van has A/C housing in the back, all the speakers are now 5.25". is 6.5" speaker will fit without cutting...
• Re: seized bolts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 May 2012 23:44:02 -0700
  ...Nothing. > > I tried freezing the entire housing with the vise-grip attached and > then heating just the aluminum housing around the bolt with a...
• Re: Washers on wheel bearing housing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 8 May 2003 18:50:13 -0400
  ...Washers on wheel bearing housing? I'm doing rear wheel bearings on a '86... 42.2 of Bentley looks like it shows a washer...
• Re: Ignition Switch Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:32:09 -0600
  ...turn housing over and using a Reed+Prince type Phillips screw driver, remove screw that holds the ignition switch to ignition switch housing; 13...
• Bell housing contamination prevention
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:03:26 -0400
  After carefully cleaning all the "blast media" which entered into my Bell housing, causing the failure of my flywheel seal, and I am changing...
• Re: tumbler removal
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 10:16:13 -0700
  ...Basically, you need to drill a hole in a specific place on the housing for the ignition lock. If you have the new lock...
• Re: ignition lock installation
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:05:01 -0400
  ...The housing is working though. I out my old one back in. Many thanks! Laura On Sep 11, 2017 2:39 PM, "Steve" <vwcarlocks...
• Re: damage from missing upper bellhousing bolts?
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Mon, 20 Feb 1995 15:20:45 -0500 (EST)
  ...Is the top of the bell housing flush against the block? If you've been driving a lot with out the bell housing aligned...
• ignition switch/steering lock housing
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 10:35:24 -0800
  ...Near as I can tell, the problem is a short or bad connection or something in the switch/housing itself. But how do I...
• WTB: Throttle Valve Housing
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:11:24 -0500
  Hi, If anyone is parting out an 84 vanagon I need a Throttle Valve Housing. My mechanic says he can't get the valve...
• Re: Thermostat housing on 87 Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 06:23:06 PST
  ...The thermostat housing tightening toque reads 10Nm(61 ft-lbs).If you will reference the item above that entry reads" coolant pump pulley 20...
• Re: A/C evaporator housing removal
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 21:00:51 -0400 (EDT)
  ...assembly and housing to the cieling.... That's not correct. They are only part of the evaporator support and I think provide relatively little...
• Re: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:35:28 +0000
  >thermostat housing to get the waterpump out (frozen bolts or some such > thing), and those 1.9 housings are no longer available. Right On...
• water pump to thermostat housing gasket 84
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:55:41 -0500
  Hello Everybody, Anyone know the thickness of the gasket between the water pump and thermostat housing on an 84? i Got 1/32 thickness...
• removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 13 May 2012 09:24:34 -0400
  How hard is it to remove the input shaft seal on the transmission without removing the bell housing? I realize the bell housing is...
• a/c housing
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 29 May 2002 10:56:00 -0500
  Hi all -- The AC housing in the rear of my van has developed some cracks. It's not falling, but I would like to...
• Lowering A/C cabinet in a Westy easier than bus ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave L
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:58:46 -0400
  ...Had a buddy who is an HVAC mechanic for commercial buildings charge it and test for leaks - found it coming from evaporator housing. Bentley...
• Rear A/C Housing
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 07:00:44 MDT
  The rear A/C housing in my 86 GL has broken loose on both sides and across the rear where all of the odd...
• Re: Reversing Lamps - Rear fog Lamps
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:51:03 -0500
  ...They will melt the El Cheapo plastic housing. BTDT. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver John Brush wrote: > >It always seems that my "backup" lights...
• Re: throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:23:19 -0700
  ...throttle body housing Greetings everyone, I need a new throttle body housing, complete. Mine is worn inside and the butterfly valve is sticking. The...
• Re: 1.9L thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:01:04 -0400
  Will, I have one (1) good used completely refurbished thermostat housing, all parts have been cleaned and painted with high temp aluminum paint and...
• > thermostat housing question 2.0
  Historical mailing list - Tony Demille
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:37:38 -0600
  sorry, forgot to mention that i replaced the thermostat housing on the '86 but never thought to ask about the possibility of a dif...
• Re: Thermostat Hose
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:16:43 -0400
  ...The top housing is fairly inexpensive and easy to replace. Do it soon so next time you need to work on the cooling system...
• Re: Cracked Syncro Clutch Housing
  Historical mailing list - W.R. Transue
  Mon, 12 Aug 96 16:27:54 -0500
  ...Cracked Syncro Clutch Housing > > Bill, first the oil leak is probably coming from your front(rear main) flywheel > oil seal.There is no oil...
• Re: Looking for some more 1.9l Vanagon Thermostat Housings
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:52:46 -0400
  ...really do collect the worlds right square headlights, 1.9 > thermostat housings, and distributors! Lol. > > I'm all out, you've gotten all of...
• Shifter Housing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:14:14 -0700
  ...I intend to try to fix it myself, but don't really know the first thing about the shifter housing. Anybody had to do...
• Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:57:19 -0500
  ...Seems it then dribbles down the cooler or the pump housing and across the ?(black tubular cross mount right behind the oil pump housing...
• Re: Bell housing contamination prevention
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:52:04 -0400
  ...The tranny, front diff, and the bell housing space was also vented higher connected with tubes. The hole at the top of the engine...
• Ignition/Starter Switch R&R
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:50:43 -0800 (AKDT)
  In answer to my own question - to replace the ignition switch you must first remove the steering lock housing (miss noted in the Bentely...
• WTB: Instrument Cluster Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 22:55:44 -0700
  Does anyone have an empty (or partially empty) instrument cluster housing they'd like to sell/trade. It must not have any cracks on...
• Fox clutch housing bolt up to Vanagon tranny? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:49:08 -0700
  ...Forgive me if this is totally ignorant, but will a Fox clutch housing bolt onto a Vanagon tranny? Even if it did, maybe the...