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• pull knob to release bench bed
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:13:10 -0800
  ...I picked up a drawer pull knob but that's the wrong size and I couldn't find it listed at Bus Depot. I...
• Re: Looking for pulley halves and hub for diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 May 2012 15:06:28 -0700
  ...scott www.turbovans.com On 5/16/2012 1:13 PM, Ken Wilford wrote: > I am looking for the two pulley halves for the...
• Need a torque value, please
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 13:23:00 -0800
  ...I've separated the large cooling fan from the pulley it's attached to in order to clean things up and paint the pulley...
• Re: Show and Tell - Water Pump Change Out
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:13:08 -0500
  Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> writes: >the two piece pulley not coming off as one piece and the 6mm allen >bolts on the...
• Re: Crank Pulley removal
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 19:56:27 EST
  ...Find the appropriate socket, attach breaker bar and secure to pulley nut. Next remove coil wire and turn engine over with starter motor.The...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:42:16 -0500
  ...I have a tap and some allthread and other various things that reduce that allthread to the threaded end of my puller, but I...
• Spedometer Cable Replacement
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:49:20 -0700
  ...Can anyone tell me if I'll just be able to detach at the speedometer and pull the small cotter pin at the wheel...
• RE: Request for .009 timing measurments
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 10:12:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >Does someone have the measurements [inches or cm] from 0 >on a stock-sized crank pulley for 7.5 and 30 BTDC? I seem...
• quarter sized hole just right and down of crank pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:05:52 -0700
  ...Niether the bentley nor my Haynes manual shows a good shot of the right half of the case (right when looking at the pulley...
• Re: head repair and water pump
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 06:11:34 +0000
  ...loop the belt around the > > pulley and pull on the belt to tension the pulley so you can turn > > the bolts. > > > > you'll also...
• Re: Water pump project -2.1L w/ AC- multi groove crank pulley
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:29:44 -0700
  ...Going from next to the case to the rear of the car - the crankshaft pulley has three gooves. Which groove serves what pulley belt...
• Re: Rear crankshaft seal (late Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:03:48 -0400
  ...It uses a different rear seal and pulley. There should also be a rubber flap on the flywheel side at the bottom between the...
• Re: Piston Pin?!
  Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
  Fri, 5 May 95 10:02:47 PDT
  The pulling methed with 3/8" screw worked very well for pulling the pins out of the pistons. Thanks a lot for the advice...
• pick and pull boneyard in Seattle?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:11:24 -0700
  There used to be a pick and pull VW yard in south Seattle, anyone know if they are still in business? Thx, Mark
• Re: Water Pump // Alternator Belt problem
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 24 May 2008 19:08:53 -0700
  It sounds like you've done the heavy lifting Harold! Your pulleys need to be in fairly good alignment. Maybe you can shim the...
• Re: Timing marks question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:28:15 -0500
  ...I would measure your own pulley before figuring where the timing mark is using this method. PS I used the larger later style pulley...
• Re: Brake Drum Removing
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 10:00:51 PDT
  ----- Begin Included Message ----- So, I spent my Saturday morning trying to find out, why my hand brake doesn't pull. Brake lining seems still...
• Re: Pull engine and tranny together?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 9 Apr 2005 12:46:49 -0600
  ...I've pulled the trans alone 3 times, and > this past > weekend, pulled both together. Aside from the extra time disconnecting stuff, > pulling > the...
• Re: simple-minded like me?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 19:33:13 -0500
  ...Video. > > I've seen a couple of rear vanagon tow loops pulled/broken off. I'd bet > that not many vehicles have tow loops...
• Re: that little light behind the heater controls
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:57:25 -0800
  ...Then when you pull the lever out the thicker inner part of the lever won't catch on the edge of the faceplate and...
• Re: Belt Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 08:56:30 -0800
  Bill, Once you have the correct size belt, you ought to be able to take the pulley off (two halves) and there ought to...
• Re: Pulling a diesel pump
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 20:58:32 -0600
  [2002-08-08 18:29 -0700] Scott Sullivan (gersil0@LYCOS.COM) wrote: > I am going to pull my D-Westy injector pump. I would...
• Re: CV help!
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:31:06 -0600
  A basic puller does a great job--just make sure you're pulling against the inside ball hub, not the outside, or you will...
• Concerning pulling trailers. I have pulled 3 sailboats, 2 Sunfish
  Historical mailing list - Herb Harmison
  Sun, 18 Jun 95 21:24:50 CDT
  Concerning pulling trailers. I have pulled 3 sailboats, 2 Sunfish and an M-16 with vacation gear (probably about 1200#) and 6 fairly large...
• Need help in Lime Rock CT
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:29:48 -0400
  ...On our way down the outer part of the alternator pulley shattered. However there seems to be enough of the pulley to charge but...
• Re: Type 4 pulley
  Historical mailing list - Noel Sachkowsky
  Sat, 8 Nov 2003 07:11:53 EST
  I have the scale....unfortunately the pulley only has a line scratched on it by the previous owner. i wanted something a little more...
• Re: Antenna replacement steps (Revised)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 08:22:41 -0500
  ...This is a minor nuisance but prudent. > 2/ Pull the ashtray > 3/ Pull the radio. > 4/ Disconnect the antenna lead at the radio. > 5...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 5 May 2012 10:52:39 -0600
  I have tightened them evenly while rotating the motor,its the non shim able pulley and belt that burns up, Ill take a closer...
• Re: Windsheild Moulding; removal, replacement,elimination
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Sat, 6 May 2000 08:51:49 -0700
  ...In part they said: "Generally you can pull the trim out and leave it out as long as you are not pulling the glass...
• Digijet Timing Info
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 02:26:15 -0500
  ...I was only a couple degrees before the factory mark on the rear pulley when I used the compass to mark the rear pulley...
• Fwd: pulling parts from a diesel (what to scavenge)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:36:57 -0400
  ...Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> All, The time has come to pull the engine from a 2003 Jetta TDI. Any recommendations about...
• Fwd: pull a part
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:36:18 -0700
  ...The 'pull apart' is a couple of blocks from me but I have no need for anything that migh be on an aircooled, at...
• Re: piston pin puller?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:52:46 -0800
  ...piston pin puller? > Does anyone know of a way to make one, or are they > generic and can be had at any flaps? Any...
• Tiico: Harmonic balancing pulley
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:29:10 -0700
  Has any tiico freak out there put a harmonic balancing pulley on their tiicos (say, a pulley off of a jetta/golf/wabbit/rocco...
• interesting project for someone near Denver, CO ... :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 27 May 2004 22:24:55 -0500
  http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=78130 1959 Westfalia Pull Behind Trailer - 3500.00 1959 Westfalia Pull Behind Trailer "h New...
• Re: fan won't stop 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:51:00 -0400
  ...Pulled the fuse, fan > stays on. > Pulled thermo switch connector, fan stays on. Pulled relay, fan > stays on. > What's up? > > Thanks in advance...
• Alternator pully #%%$#@
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:04:43 -0800
  ...that has a pulley that looks like a Vanagon diesel pulley(very deep), and my 1.9 (where the replacement alt. comes from) has...
• Re: 85 1.9L timing mark - once and for all
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 23:47:59 -0500
  ...Rafael wrote: >Now, my engine is an 85, but is an AC + PS one, so has a three-groove >heavy cast pulley. This pulley...
• Re: Engine pull on scale of 1 to 10
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:23:57 -0700
  ...Engine pull on scale of 1 to 10 BTW, why do you want to check the gaskets? If you pull the heads, you can...
• syncro rear main seal
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Sat, 25 Apr 1998 12:43:08 -0700
  Hello- I am looking for someone who has pulled the 3 groove pulley on a syncro and replaced the syncro specific oil seal underneath...
• Re: Main Drive Pulley for 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 21:52:26 -0700
  ...First I have to get > the pulley off--its torqued to 253 ft/lbs. What > size is the pulley nut. > Those big sockets are...
• Re: Dirty vs. clean
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:21:38 -0700
  ...Actually, after I took that photo, we changed the front seal behind the pulley and I actually pulled the pulley, cleaned it, and painted...
• FREE VANAGON ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:10:21 EDT
  ...you must come here and pull the engine and trans and i will give you the engine for free. on another '86 vanagon i...
• Re: How to remove WBS crank pulley
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 20:27:33 +0000
  Hi Bob, I have the 3-piece VW tool #3149 that locks the front pulley through the two holes in the front pulley face...
• Re: Pulling air filter box from Dodge Caravan. Anything else worth pulling? (...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 1 May 2008 10:16:07 -0700
  ...I'm pulling the air box to use with the Jetta 2.0 I installed in my Vanagon. I know the diesel guys found...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 13:57:47 -0400
  My sneaky trick is to use a pilot bearing removal tool and a slide hammer to pull oil pumps. You can remove the gears...
• Re: westfalia to weekender
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 13 May 2005 17:52:22 -0400
  Well, pulling the fridge is easy. Pulling the cabinet the fridge and stove and sink are in, is a bit more work (the main...
• Re: Rear Brakes 87 Van GL
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:09:11 -0700
  ...Rear Brakes 87 Van GL Can you remove the brake drums without pulling the hub? Techniques? Do you need the pulled to pull the...
• Oil Pump Puller
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Mon, 27 Mar 2017 12:21:42 -0400
  I'm in need of an oil pump puller for a 2.1 wbx. Will the ones listed on various sites for air cooled...
• Oil Pressure Switch Removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Nov 2015 12:06:37 -0600
  The switch by the crankshaft pulley. How does one R&R that switch without making it a major repair job. Can't get at...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 5 May 2012 09:24:44 -0600
  ...Make sure the pulleys don't have rust in the grooves. Sand them if need be. Mark ralph meyermann wrote: > > Hi Volks! I've...
• Hints on removing diesel injector pump sprocket.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:54:01 -0600
  Okay ...I just busted one 3-leg puller (cheapo from Harbor Freight, I know) trying to get the diesel injector pump sprocket off. As...
• Re: how to get rear brake drums off?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:22:04 EDT
  ...This should break the drum loose and then it should just come off by pulling it with your hands. The puller is only for...
• Re: Diesel Maint-Timing Belts and Pulleys?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:24:23 -0500
  ...I've heard water pump, > tensioner pulley, idler pulley, and maybe even the > front engine oil/grease seal. Thanks.
• Re: Heater lever removal question
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:47:48 -0800
  ...I looked up removal in the Bentley, and it says "pull > off." They pull straight out. Look through the slot that that the lever...
• Re: teeth on water pump/alternator belt all chewed up on 87 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 08:49:45 EDT
  ...Now try rocking the pulley back and forth. Now try pushing and pulling on the pulley. Now do the same thing except move your...
• rear pulley seal question (syncro and 2WD)
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:04:16 -0800
  Just to share my recent discovery that the rear pulley seal is different on syncro models compared with 2WD models. The Syncro has a...
• Re: pics of the infamous pick n pull van!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 11:27:16 -0400
  That pic and pull yard is very clean. No junk scattered all around. Whats the matter? That westy does have an interesting color scheme.
• Diesel Vanagon Waterpump tip
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 17:35:44 -0500
  I just stumbled on a simple tip to make installation of the split waterpump pulley easier. I used to fumble for a long time...
• Re: Front Heater shutoff options
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 23 May 2012 19:07:52 -0700
  On 05/23/2012 05:32 PM, phishman068@gmail.com wrote: > Are the cables replaceable without pulling the dash? Ha ha. I believe the...