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• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:46:53 -0700
  I don't think having your engine more upright is much of a factor about it dying at 70 mph .. not by itself for...
• Re: You can blame Me - was: steel coolant pipes 82 diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:01:27 -0400
  ...dieseldoofus@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, with spare tire assembly, shift box, fuel tank, transmission, engine > and all heater hoses out. two guys, about two...
• Re: gas fumes/injectors
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 23:43:11 -0400
  ...That leaves the entire rail assembly with injectors detached from fuel feed/return, but still attached to the cylinder head. Remove the bolt that...
• 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 May 2015 16:34:54 -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: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:31:38 -0500
  ...bush, hedges same. > > > > > > > > -- > > Neil n > > > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > > > '81...
• Re: brake drum removal difficulties--need advice
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:40:07 -0500
  ...In the intern period, get a plastic dish pan, put it under the stuck drum assembly to catch fluid, take a turkey baster (you...
• Re: Throttle body/idle stabilizer woes...
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:42:22 -0400
  ...However when I turn on the ignition key (without starting the engine) I can feel the idle valve humming for 10-15 seconds. I...
• 87 Westy Engine/Transmission Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:39:11 +0000
  Hi All, About three weeks ago, my 15 year old son Alex and Icommenced the task of replacing the original engine and an 'emergency...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 17:23:11 -0800
  ...it to a V8 engine that I built! They then tried to blame me for faulty assembly on an engine with 20,000 miles...
• Re: Some dometic notes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 30 Jun 2019 11:50:12 -0700
  ...https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 > > VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
• Re: Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 23:17:05 -0400
  ...The latest is accompanied by wild jumps in the tach even when the engine appears to be idling or running correctly. Also occurring are...
• Re: AFM, throttle body needed
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 06:07:14 EDT
  ...engine paint. New shaft seals, new air screw O-ring in stalled. Any other worn parts are replaced. The shaft and flap assembly are...
• Re: seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 20:26:09 -0400
  ...my way home I had arranged to pick up a complete engine >assembly > >from an > >>81 that was rebuilt 30K ago. My vehicle was...
• Re: Syncro shifter rattle
  Historical mailing list - Tim King
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:49:02 -0700
  ...I could drive > it so I let it slide (literally). > > So last night, with my newfound determination, I yanked the entire shifter > assembly apart...
• On I4 and TIICO Exhaust Fixes
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 02:13:39 EDT
  ...The temperature of exhaust components depends on engine load, timing, fuel mixture and valve timing (and many other things) and can range from 350...
• Re: spring/wire in pop top lift handle
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:10:10 -0800
  ...With the top up and properly supported, I removed the strut assembly as a unit. Top up, the springs should be fully UN-expanded...
• Re: everybody knows them to be high maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:11:28 -0600
  ...The engine's not efficiant for what it is expected to do and at normal highway speed and is at three quarters of it...
• Re: I need help identifying a part...........
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:31:56 -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: Clutch Pedal Click
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:43:01 -0700
  On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > Hi Neil, > I have a pedal assembly out...
• Re: Overheated wire junction on 1.9
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:45:20 -0700
  ...if this fuse blows, the engine stops. (power stops flowing to the ECU relay. Same for 1.9?) Not saying everyone should run out...
• Re: Soggy brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:40:10 -0400
  ...If the engine is off, it >> feels better, but with the engine running, it feels really mushy. A >> friend suggested the brake booster might...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 23:44:01 -0800
  ...This isn't for a stock Vanagon, but I figure it's worth mentioning here. (it's Jetta engine powered) After doing a bunch...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - pronks
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:32:10 +1200
  ...should be adjusted is > during assembly. If they are really gunked up, then so is the whole > engine and an overhaul will be needed...
• Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:33:13 -0700
  ...Shop had flushed the brakes. -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue Westy to be...
• Re: Left motor mount. (Diesel 1.9 TD Swap)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 19 May 1998 00:18:07 -0700
  ...This mount is directly below the leaned over engine. It appears to support much of the total weight. The all steel assembly from Winkler...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:32:29 -0400
  If the engine is turning enough air is being pulled through the intake to move the AFM. With the throttle closed enough air goes...
• Re: In praise of VW inline fours
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:43:32 -0700
  ...VW (not Audi) designed the VR6 engine. It was MANY years in the making and forms the basis of many of their gas engine...
• Re: Over heating issues, hose broke
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:06:27 -0700
  ...I drove it to > Guatemala (10,000 miles R/T) Original engine had 145,000 on it and it > sprung leaks. So in 2009...
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:00:03 -0500
  ...vehicle? > > > > > > -- > > > David McNeely > > > > > > > > -- > > Neil n > > > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > > > '81...
• Re: CV joint lifespan?
  Historical mailing list
  07 Jan 97 07:19:53 PST
  ...My job is a Manufacturing Engineer and puts me in a position of evaluating part designs and assisting the designers in getting a part...
• Re: gas tank; fixing Syncro tank sender
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:04:31 +0000
  ...I took a SS dental pick and cleaned around what was left of the 2 contacts in the middle of the round sender assembly...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:16:43 -0700
  ...They get newer 2.0 ABA engine VW > >> cars just about every week, as well as 1.8Turbo VW and Audis. The newer > >> engines...
• Re: Use Air Cooled Fuel Pressure Regulator on WBX?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 20 May 2012 19:50:30 -0700
  ...with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine > s > > -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue...
• Re: Hmm. It won't budge - Well it does now!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Mar 2014 08:52:18 -0500
  When I rebuild anything, or do any work on the engine in our out of the car, I make it part of my routine...
• Re: How hard is it to rebuild a transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 May 2015 09:29:35 -0400
  ...If you feel the shifter moving with engine power the gear carrier housing is shot and you will need machine work or a replacement...
• Re: Black Nylon Fuel Return Hose Kink. Opinions? PICS.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:31:24 -0800
  ...The air cooled engine was noisier at idle. After I got the Jetta engine running "right", I noticed the noise. The fuel pump was...
• Lines on top of the 2WD fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 16:52:26 -0800
  ...On 3/3/2013 3:09 PM, Jonce Fancher wrote: > My worse night mare might be the front heater blower assembly. > I have pulled...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:01:23 -0800
  ...There was one adjuster turned all the way in! I wish I saw that when I put the rocker assembly back on. My idle...
• Re: SS Header Exhaust Pic?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:59:57 -0500
  ...SS Header Exhaust Pic? Any of you guys that have installed the "high performance exhaust for 2.1 litre engine" have a picture of...
• Re: WBX Carb conversion?! - Still a Hoax!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:32:57 -0700
  ...It is an extremely rigid assembly. Mark Mike Rouby wrote: > Marc, > > I called West Coast Core (as I suggested earlier) - And they let me...
• Re: [Syncro] Last leg...clutch master cylinder is dead...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:13:40 -0800
  ...You will be working from under the pedel > > assembly. Fold your carpet up toward the shifter to keep it clean. > > Just have to bleed...
• Re: Replacing cat and muffler.
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:59:58 -0500
  ...The original muffler mounts are two pieces that bolt to the rear engine mount by means of two bolts. These mounts simply support the...
• Re: Canvas Replacement: Remove Upper Bed Help?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 22:05:27 -0800
  ...hard by yourself. > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81...
• Re: Email Fact on Engine Rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Aug 2003 07:08:30 -0500
  ...to have counterweights welded to the crank, and the rotating assembly of the engine balanced as a unit, including the clutch disc and flywheel...
• Re: Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:06:29 -0800
  ...Thursday, December 13, 2012, 1:46 PM It is about 'the' most difficult job o a vanagon. - taking pedal assembly outwith dash still in...
• AGAIN:Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 2 May 2000 10:07:17 MST
  ...I assumed it would slip back in after re-assembly. SeanG >From: Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM> >Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:35:21 -0700
  ...When de accelerating, does vacuum created by engine pull the flap on AFM open? Even if it does, I imagine wiper movement on the...
• Re: 'Nother Head Gasket Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 May 2014 08:53:06 -0400
  ...Same if you know the engine was seriously over heated. Except for cracked heads, all internal combustion leaks the develop over time are the...
• Re: 5sp
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:36:40 -0800
  ...speed is NOT like the syncro tranny with the reduction shaft assembly to get that 6.03 G gear.� The low gear is just...
• Clean Westy at junkyard, sad, happy day, long
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 18:57:08 -0700
  ...I bought the lower Westy bed, water tank cabinet with tank, perfect front seat with swivel assembly, instrument cluster, front carpet, and a few...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Box
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:31:54 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers John Bange wrote: >> Has - or is - anyone working on reverse engineering the idle stabilizer >> control using modern digital processor technology? >> >> Seems...
• index of tech bulletins affecting vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 17 Apr 94 01:35:27 CDT
  ...Engine Remanufactured Engine Identification Vanagon 1983-85 17-87-04 Engine Oil Leak from Rear - Oil pump gaskets Vanagon ALL 17-87-05 Engine...
• Re: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion: It CAN be done...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:10:24 EST
  ...The most important is "How the engine was put together." The cleanness of the block and heads at assembly time and how well the...
• Early/Late Gas Tank Swap - Instructions
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 15 Apr 1995 10:15:15 -0700 (PDT)
  ...in the siphon/ reserve valve and the filler assembly. Correct as necessary. Put the engine back in, et al, and put in 5 gallons...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:20:30 -0800
  ...underside view of switch off my old 2.1 switch, assembly >>> rotated 90º out of the way. Normally, it sits over the adjuster cam...
• FS: 1970 Westfalia - Phoenix
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Thu, 2 May 1996 11:10:57 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I bought it from the original owner (my former next-door neighbor) who went to Germany and watched it roll off the assembly line...
• Re: oops, more questions on O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:48:30 -0400
  Dennis I told Joy to run the engine without the sensor plugged because of the typical rich running, new sealants and the assembly oil...
• Re: Fluids Analysis!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 7 Dec 2012 23:46:29 -0800
  ...If not for the test I would have left that oil in for another 4,000 > miles. > Vanagon engines keep oil fairly clean, high...
• Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans! Traveling far from home!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:17:09 -0700
  ...At that point, my best hope would be a used engine install to get me home so I could start my engine swap work...
• Re: Work Estimate -- Oil Leak Repairs
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 8 Aug 2019 20:42:17 -0400
  ...by using brake line to move the Condelli “TEE” assembly to above the engine. (I know, my oil pressure will be pessimistic by a...