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• Re: Rear Wheel (Bearing?) squeak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 May 2012 18:07:41 -0400
  ...Check for bent backing plates and incorrect assembly or adjustments. Check the archives for my previous write ups on rear brakes. Also check for...
• Re: Dealer Bid Idea
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:18:07 -0800
  ...ie, my Coolant Bleeder Assembly. Put the year, model, > engine (someone help with what fields I would need to have), the part number and...
• Re: starter turns except when the battery is disconnected but does not turn engine-solenoid problem?
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:59:32 -0500
  ...starter turns except when the battery is disconnected but does not turn engine-solenoid problem? The ignition switch almost certainly has nothing to do...
• Re: 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 18 May 2015 09:22:40 -0700
  ...I suspect the rebuilt calipers I >> installed >> several years ago, never worked 100% correctly due to poor quality >> assembly or >> parts. i.e. one...
• Re: Dash Cluster Substitute + Reproduce It ?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:35:20 -0800
  ...the >> wiring harness. >> > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages...
• Re: Shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 21:42:23 -0800
  ...Once the engine has >>warmed up, the shuddering goes away. >>Does this sound like the Sachs clutch problem, or could this be a >>problem...
• Re: clutch shudder
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 12:08:54 -0500
  A short while after installing a new engine and new clutch assembly with new clutch plate, my van developed a shudder. 3 or 4...
• Re: Vanagon 1.9 Cat on Jetta 2.0 engine?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:08:38 -0700
  ...If you've done an engine swap that makes your car > pollute less, what's the problem? > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5...
• Re: Oil light problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 06:35:17 -0500
  ...real idea about engine bearings and oil clearance.. > you gotta run an OP gauge .. > I find many high miles watgerboxer engines idle at 6...
• Re: In praise of VW inline fours
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:58:16 -0700
  ...The waterboxer was the > last 'horrah', the last true VW engine from the > VW corporation. It was their vain attempt to > modernize the Type...
• Re: Another pop top hinge repair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:34:35 -0700
  ...things , I futzed around with my spare pop top lifting bar >> assembly this week. Little stainless steel shaft and a bronze bushing to fix...
• Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:33:37 -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: WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:30:30 -0800
  ...and earlier vans >> >> >> >> -- >> Neil n >> >> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp >> >> '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. >> >> '81...
• Re: Value Of '82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:33:24 -0700
  quoting mr heston sort of you can have my tranny and 5 speed assembly when you peel it from my dead cold bolts or...
• Re: Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:31:28 -0400
  ...VW started installing factory turbo diesel engines they increased > >>> the > >>> airflow capacity of the radiator fan assembly. > >>> > >>> You should consider upgrading to the much...
• Re: Tail Light Problem--85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - A & C Grobey
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:35:03 -0700
  ...assembly. I had a problem where the wire bundle leading to the tail lights had been rubbing against some metal in the engine compartment...
• Re: Weird bucking
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:02:54 -0500
  ...I can't get too specific on how to do this on an '84 (my '85 has a one-year-only throttle switch assembly...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Sat, 21 May 2016 21:55:09 -1000
  ...decent size and whatever wood >> assembly is needed to let it hold the unit. A 2X4 across the engine >> compartment with a giant eye...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:12:11 -0600
  ...integrity of > the > engine. In either case, increasing RPM adds even more power , but > raises the strain on the rotating assembly considerably and shortens...
• Re: to rebuild or not to rebuild
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 09:48:40 -0700 (PDT)
  VwII72@aol.com writes: > > Being moderately mechanically inclined, I desided to rebild my own engine. > Now that I have it a part and have...
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:34:24 -0800
  ...should I start? I willing to at least take the speedo assembly out of the > instrument pod. > > Is Tri-Flow okay or should I...
• Re: TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:04:09 -0500
  ...Any ideas? > > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81 VanaJetta...
• Electrolux Fridge or Compressor Fridge?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:38:53 -0700
  ...We had ice cubes on the beach > in Mexico whenever we wanted them. > -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl...
• Re: Tires - Yokohama Y370 195R14 - Progress Report
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:59:26 -0700
  ...about this. >> >> Gabby >> > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81...
• Re: Clunk, clunk, found it... now what?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:53:56 -0700
  The entire axle can come out as an assembly - there is an identical CV joint at the wheel side as well. If you are...
• Re: Used Radiator Inspection?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 7 Jan 2014 06:52:03 -0600
  ...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: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 27 May 2021 01:59:01 +0000
  ...Don’t want to bore you with all my procrastinated ideas about engine. I’d do have a wbx core in garage which of...
• Re: Engine power loss
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 15:31:40 -0700
  ...With over 350,000 km on its original engine I began thinking thoughts of Tiico swap. Did a compression test, fuel pump test, air...
• Re: At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 12:51:08 -0400
  ...Besides; moving the wiper >> did not change how the engine ran. >> >> Sure wish I still had my old $9 Radio Shack analogue meter! >> >> Neil...
• Blam! Bleeder valve destruction
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 25 Mar 2023 21:01:50 -0400
  ...He lost patients when the temp sensor didn’t open and let hot coolant in and decided to open the engine bleeder This is...
• Re: Power brake booster on Type II
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 31 Dec 1995 19:58:10 -0500
  ...bracket to mount the booster/master cylinder assembly and then run a >vacuum line to the engine compartment. I plan to use copper tubing...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:19:36 -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: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:49:15 -0800
  ...I don't have a lot of access to what factory engine assembly methods and technologies are, or haven't. So until your saying...
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:55:49 -0800
  ...left the engine lid off for a while > 2. never buttoned up the fresh air ram intake project I started at > time of engine...
• Re: Hall Sender- 2.1L engine.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 11:01:33 -0700
  ...for one thing ..take the dist out of the engine ! It's one screw to loosen, and it can't go back in incorrectly...
• Clutch Pedal & Clutch cylinder rod Q
  Historical mailing list - Mark Flynn
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 11:50:43 -0400
  ...After removing the > dash and the entire pedel assembly from the top, (it's the > only way it will come out), we found it...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Wind]
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:05:10 -0700
  ...jugs off the pistons or you will need to pull the > engine to get a ring compressor in there. > > I too will be interested...
• Re: Made the mistake of checking compression
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 22:25:30 -0400
  ...Yes one of the jobs of the air filter assembly is flame retention from back firs and other causes of flame coming back from...
• Re: leaking final drive oil pan (AT)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:53:38 -0700
  ...I have removed orignal engine mounting bolts from a VW bug before .. first person to ever take out the engine ...some bolts felt far...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 May 2016 11:05:45 -0400
  ...It is normal for a threaded fastener assembly to require much more torque to loosen then applied for tightening, that is part of how...
• Re: What are these Parts for?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:45:02 -0700
  ...However, IIRC, I wound up using the flat copper washers on the two studs that the valve rocker assembly bolts to- I don't...
• Re: Aux Furnace Experts?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 13:02:13 -0800
  ...Works with the engine running, or not, just not with the dial as I am driving. I will dive under tomorrow, but I really...
• Re: In praise of VW inline fours
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:16:52 -0400
  ...The waterboxer was the > > last 'horrah', the last true VW engine from the > > VW corporation. It was their vain attempt to > > modernize the Type...
• Re: Puzzled by thesamba instructions: Convert 82D fan wiring to '86 fan.
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:06:27 -0700
  ...If you don’t know, you may want to trace from the engine what the return line is that way you KNOW which pipe...
• Re: Oil light problem
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 09:31:49 -0800
  ...My engine is a brand new GOWESTY 2.2 4000 miles on it. 2 wd. Where should I get a hose and T fittings...
• Re: Syncro shifter rattle
  Historical mailing list - Marc Theune
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:53:17 -0400
  ...So last night, with my newfound determination, I yanked the entire shifter assembly apart, both above and below. Needless to say, I had to...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 13:57:10 -0700
  ...well. �I'd say the VW engineers had it figured out before it went to the assembly line. Robert. � �I'll admit that I...
• Re: Syncro transmisions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 23:18:16 -0500
  ...I keep my vehicles in top shape! tuned to the > max., oil changed every 3000, washed every week, Engine detailed > once a year. Brake...
• Re: Dash Cluster Substitute + Reproduce It ?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:29:09 -0800
  ...the >> wiring harness. >> > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages...
• Re: camping with bears
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:33:32 -0700
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: Low Compression, Longevity of the WBX'er and $20K Vans
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:28:00 -0700
  ...I've never done a compression test on the engine, and probably never will. It leaks almost no oil. In cold weather the right...
• RE: how about a v-6
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 09:19:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...the whole assembly together. Can you say "exhaust leak"? The PO might have run some super-long radiator hoses from the engine to the...
• Re: coolant leak story
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:43:26 -0800
  ...Don't get me wrong, it is a very nice engine and makes this particular van probably the nicest I have driven. What surprised...
• Re: Stock battery / Montreal / Mont Tremblant
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:41:06 -0300
  ...still >>> carry 41. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Neil n >> >> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp >> >> '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. >> >> '81...
• Re: push rod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:20:04 -0400
  ...My engine and Gary Anderson's '85 both exhibited this so I suspect it's common. Note that as soon as you touch the...
• Re: Was fuel leak? Now: appropriate route for fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:59:46 -0800
  ...How did you all arrange the lines after you replace them? -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 6 Nov 2012 18:27:19 -0800
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: Working on the brake lines....
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:01:17 -0700
  ...I really don't want to be rolling around in that stuff. -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly �http://tinyurl.com...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:49:20 -0400
  ...as this is electrically insulated from > the rest of the engine/transmission assembly by the rubber mount) > Alternator <---------> Starter ~2.5 feet > > All cables...
• Re: Uh-oh, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 07:48:45 -0700
  ...on the engine at the same time. If it starts, then the solenoid is to fault and a new / reman starter assembly is needed...