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• Re: Report: Dash Removal / Removal, NOT R&R
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:13:55 EDT
  ...Did you pull the heater box? What the hell's wrong with you? What are you going to do whenever you need new spark...
• Re: Headlight switch help
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 14:26:11 -0600
  ...Depress and pull > the switch out. Expect a lot of jiggling and maneuvering. You can > simplify this a lot, especially getting the switch back...
• Misc: Crank Pulley Bolt Size, ECU, AC Duct Fix, VW insanity...
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:16:23 -0700
  ...Is the crank pulley retaining bolt on a regular ol' 2.1l take a 30mm socket? I need to buy one and can't...
• Re: Do rear shoulder belt kits fit vans with AC?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:43:36 -0700
  I recently pulled all the rear AC housing stuff from a 90 vanagon at my local wrecking yard. I ALSO pulled the rear shoulder...
• Re: WTB trailer hitch for 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 11 May 2006 13:43:00 -0400
  ...It is reinforced to the bumper horns and will likely pull out the frame before failing. I have pulled a #5000 trailer with it...
• Re: window seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:32:22 -0800
  ...You then have a friend hold the glass in place, pushing inwards, while you pull the rope at 90 degrees to the window, into...
• Re: diagnosing by smell - maybe brake problem?
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:36:47 -0500
  ...After 20 miles or so, pull over and feel the wheels (pull your hub caps). If one or two wheels are significantly warmer than...
• update: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:51:13 -0700
  ...i did this it appeared that the main pulley seal was fine ( i > removed the pulley and saw no oil... at least i think...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:48:07 -0800
  ...Using a Pittman puller to pull > > >off CV. Glad to know the (right sized) Pittman puller works. > > > > > >Did you use the 1- 5/16...
• Very intermittent hesitation problem (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Mon, 22 May 2000 19:34:35 -0700
  ...Pulled and yanked a bit more, then for grins pulled the cap off the distr., found a very fouled rotor and cap contacts. Scraped...
• Re: how to remove an instrument panel bulb Can anyone help
  Historical mailing list - dj
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:51:08 -0700
  ...I can get them to stay on by pulling out the big plug that connects all the ribbon strip. Pulling it out a little...
• Re: How to Replace Tach Light??
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 03 Jan 95 21:40:58 CST
  ...grip these with your fingers and pull toward you (sitting in the driver's seat) and upward at the same time. you have to...
• Re: As non-mechanic, am I crazy to pull my own Fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 21:42:39 -0400
  ...As non-mechanic, am I crazy to pull my own Fridge? > Need a reality check here. My 87 Westy's Dometic has stopped > lighting...
• Re: still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 22:18:25 -0500
  ...When I tried to do it before (many months ago), I couldn't find a notch on my pulley to save my life. Since...
• Roadhaus - Oil Leak diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:24:07 -0800
  ...The exhaust system was pulled three times and various types of gaskets and even oil pump covers were used. Can't tell exactly where...
• Re: Water pump ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:33:11 -0400
  ...I would also replace the short hose between the two pipes under the crank pulley. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:15:23 -0500
  ...V-Belt Pully Bolt > At 02:18 PM 12/26/2004, you wrote: >>Specifically, I don't have the means of anchoring the engine...
• Re: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 21 May 2006 15:51:26 -0700
  ...I did >> manage to turn the water pump pulley and the >> alternator pulley by hand by slacking the belt. >> I cleaned all my contacts...
• Re: Wiring damage- Pics
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 30 May 2009 18:21:56 -0700
  ...I usually pull the damaged end of that fan ground wire back outside to the area behind the upper grill. Then I put a...
• Re: Syncron Questions-Tires Squeal and Lower Dash Knobs?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 2 May 2002 14:46:05 -0700
  ...Make sure it is IN and not pulled out. The three knobs. You have all three? Sweet. From RIGHT to LEFT. Rear diff lock...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:23:56 -0400
  ...So what we got here then is the later style 1.9 set up for the 90A alternator with the three-groove crank pulley...
• Re: front door lock stuck
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 13:14:08 -0700
  Hey Dake, Is the lever on the door handle itself stuck in the pulled back position? If so, that will stop the lock mechanism...
• Re: Clutch Revisited w/ pics I hope
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 13:17:32 -0400
  ...I finally was able to pull the > tranny (I was a virgin) with the help of my nephew. Two is way better > than one...
• Re: Help! Electrical issue I need to solve in <3 hours!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:39:53 -0500
  ...Help! Electrical issue I need to solve in <3 hours! Yes, I lowered the fuse block and pulled all connections off, and put them...
• Re: Dometic Fridge problem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:52:58 EST
  ...Back in Sayulita I was about to pull it out when due to our "nice" neighbours pulling our 110 service out at 10 pm...
• Timing Mark
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:54:31 -0600
  ...I took the dang housing cover completely off, and finally after looking and feeling around the pulley, I found this little tiny sort of...
• Where might oil be leaking from?
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 7 May 2014 10:28:36 -0400
  ...I am considering pulling the crank pulley and trying to isolate the leak while I am in this area. Are there any seals that...
• Re: Totally Trivial Question About The Digital Clock
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:26:06 +0100
  Usually when the vanagon digi clock´s fuse is pulled and reinserted, the clock continues with the time it showed when it has been...
• Re: Brake Drum removal -- 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lamoreaux
  Sat, 4 Feb 1995 14:36:23 +0000
  ...Is there some trick? So far I've: > pulled the wheel, removed the two 11mm bolts, released the parking brake, > and yanked, banged. The...
• Fresh Air Leaks in Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 05 Oct 1996 11:54:49 -0500
  ...Meanwhile, it's getting chilly here in Atlanta and it's time to pull the foam rubber out of the intake and retire the...
• syncro power steering lines?
  Historical mailing list - Gary E Thaxter
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:50:33 -0400
  ...way? What about pulling the belt off the ps pump? If it works out I would rather drive it than pull it or trailer...
• Re: TRANNY NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - Sue Starbuck
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 18:55:10 -0800
  ...If we pull it, the cost is $150 exchange. I don't know where you are located, but if you are interested, please let...
• Re: Electrical weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:19:59 -0400
  ...BTDT mike 87 westy Bob O'Shaughnessy wrote: > Pulled out into the rain this morning to find that my wipers didn't > work. I...
• Re: O2/ECU Coaxial wire...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:24:00 EST
  You could go to the connector at the ECU, pull the cover off and test the middle green wire and the outter ground wire...
• Re: Wiper motor does not auto park
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:09:44 -0500
  ...I pulled a relay from a junked vanagon this weekend and now the wipers park as expected. I opened the controlling relay and found...
• Adjusting Rear Brakes - any tips?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 08:37:17 -0700
  Markus, If you can pull off the drums do so just to look at the brake shoes and the adjustment mechanism. The brakes are...
• Re: If stuck in snow pull tab to open (gotta see this)
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 03:29:53 -0600
  ...It takes a lot of force to pull out a heavy tractor buried in mud to the axles! Al Brase mark drillock wrote: > Since...
• Re: Help Locating T4 Connection: Power Door Lock Problem
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:15:20 EST
  In a message dated 2/13/05 11:07:57 AM, fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM writes: << I pulled what I think of as the instrument...
• FW: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 17:51:34 -0500
  ...Coolant pump pulley has been removed. Deep well socket to long, wom't fit in the space availabe; standard socket to short , the blade...
• Re: Windshield wiper?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:02:30 -0800
  just that you need to be very careful - the rubber hose shrinks and hardens with age, and will not pull off. Better to take...
• Re: Best Tint?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:33:24 -0400
  ...What a job! Use a hairdryer to soften the tint and pull gently. Make sure you are pulling both layers of the tint. Use...
• Re: ... and onto the next thing ...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 18:07:57 -0700
  ...switch as Vanagons. 020 941 521A Mark Roy Nicholl wrote: > Ok ... pulled it. It looks like the same switch on my old Jetta? Is...
• tail lights, euro vs USA
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:35:39 -0800
  pulled together info from my old website and some new pics to summarize what I know about differences between tail lights... exciting stuff eh...
• corrosion expt update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:21:03 -0700
  I pulled the metal samples from the coolant and took pics. The aluminium looks pretty good, with just the faintest haze on it. I...
• Re: Front Bumper Trim Removal
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:25:04 -0400
  ...I needed to slide them one direction about two inches and then pull straight off. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ in statu viae
• Re: Brake MC r&r..Gotchas?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:38:39 -0800
  ...is, of course, one extremely helpful step missing from that writeup: PULL OFF THE STEERING WHEEL FIRST! -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" '90 Vanagon...
• Re: airbag rant
  Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 08:10:44 -0800
  > You can make sure this passenger compartment bomb, don't go off, by > pulling the plug that goes directly into it. Better yet, just...
• License plate plastic opener.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:07:24 EST
  Anyone have an extra plastic license plate opener? The PO did not grease the spring steel catch and consequently broke off the plastic pull...
• Step bumper hitch
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:18:13 -0400
  ...Would this be safe? I would only be pulling a small trailor. Any thoughts please. Thanks, Jeff
• Re: RE New Engine - No Power
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 11:18:07 -1000
  >sounds like the trick we pulled as kids of shoving a potato up someones exhaust pipe that we didn't like.< Neal... what did...
• Update on vibration/noise in my Type 4 2 liter.
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Thu, 3 May 2001 17:09:15 -0400
  Well, after checking the fan, clutch, valve train, etc., pulled the motor and disassembled...... Broken crankshaft. broken clear through the counter weight. Wow. Adam...
• Transmission drive shaft slop?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Tue, 8 May 2001 12:23:26 -0500
  Dear List, Just pulled the engine on my '86 Westy. If I grab the transmission drive shaft and wiggle it, there is a lot...
• Re: purchase of an 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 23:00:21 -0700
  ...208k. Reseal of right head at 148k. Water pump at 206k. Pulled exhaust stud (#4 top) at 200k. Uses NO (I mean none) between...
• help!! vanagon cruise control question!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:33:44 EDT
  ...any one else pulled out a cruise system? please email me thanks chris
• fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 20:18:10 EDT
  hey all, pulled my tank and replaced the fuel lines today, took about 3 hours. got the kit from ken at vanagain.com everything...
• Clunking noise in left rear
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 14:39:46 -0800
  ...Only way to tell was to pull the half shaft. Thanks to all except David B and Stan W. To them: phbsst. Mike
• Re: Camper inlets
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:15:26 -0400
  You mean like BusDepot or GoWesty? Or are you thinking used? I've got the "old" ones I pulled off my Westy (plastic is...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - Alan Gondry
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:54:40 -0700
  ...the air manifold you most likely have a fuel reg problem. Pull the vacuum line attached to the air manifold. If there is fuel...
• Re: [syncro.org] How-To's on pulling the fridge out
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:41:54 -0700
  Try my post: http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9909A&L=vanagon&P=R12789 Malcolm __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try...
• Re: Will this fit in my van
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 22:52:44 -0500
  ...I completely missed that he was pulling from a westy! > I=B9m wondering if a rear fold down seat from a stock 86 westfalia...