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• Re: need help with engine assembly
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:33:16 -0800
  ...The two small "ears" on one side are facing the front of the engine, and the flat surface on the other side faces the...
• Re: Engine quit at freeway speed, no re-start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:07:47 -0400
  ...I had tried a number of things before putting the other ECU in and my symptoms were much the same as yours. With the...
• Re: Projektzwo Foglight Project - Bad News
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:57:15 -0600
  ...The engineer there took a look at what I wanted done - the laser >> scanning of the pieces and digitizing of the numbers,, and the...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: � Vanagon List. List CD $$$$]
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:38:13 -0700
  ...The part numbers would be of assistance but are not entirely necessary. Then again they sure would not hurt. The problem is copyright. As...
• Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:06:00 -0700
  ...I googled that part number you supplied. Seems to be the same part I have lying in a box somewhere .... back home. Looking at...
• Wont start. need help
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 18:11:03 -0700
  ...Went to start the engine to make certain I got the joint tight and -- nothing. Turns over fine. Won't fire. Strong smell of...
• Help with Distributor removal/replacement
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 07:57:31 -0700
  OK the shi*y 009 is coming out of my newly rebuilt engine. I have the replacement (from the factory) original vacuum distributor in...
• [FIX]auto tranny experts HELP!(little long)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Noll
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 13:56:53 -0400
  ...If I put lever in 2nd it doesn't engauge the engine just revs. When on the road and I kick it down, won...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:25:36 -0400
  ...a number of good and patient responses so far. slightly off the topic, but here is an additional point having to do with safety...
• Nigerian Order Scam (Vendors take note)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:48:46 -0400
  ...He sent me two credit card numbers and an address in Nigeria. I checked the card numbers with my credit card company (merchant service...
• Dusseldorfer insights
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 19:21:28 EST
  ...150 $ in South Africa) flywheel, only as replacement part in exchange 750 (take the AUDI one and machine it to 240mm) engine carrier complete...
• Re: Upstream Fuel Filter dissection results
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 07:04:08 -0700
  I don''t have any measurements or real numbers on flow rate or diameter on my installed Moto fuel filter..but it is substantially...
• Re: Coolant Tank Issues
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 7 May 2013 13:06:03 -0400
  Kurt, the Napa Block Test Kit that I use is part number BK 700-1006. It is on Napa's website for $42. I...
• Re: funny disc? OR BETTER YET, SERIOUS DISK!
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:40:34 -0600
  ...Customer later admitted his fan belt had broken, and he only drove it a "few blocks" when the engine seized. Pistons/rings fried! Any...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:57:36 -0700
  ...The cable rotational speed calibration number is marked on the face of the speedo, by the needle shaft. Same number, gas and diesel. 805...
• Re: Vanagon 1.9 Cat on Jetta 2.0 engine?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:28:04 -0400
  Since you are installing a later engine, you are required to have all of the emissions equipment that was on that engine-vehicle when...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:46:35 -0600
  one thing no one has considered about aircooled engines is air conditioning, something that car buyers began to demand in increasing numbers back in...
• Re: OT: Guinness VW record
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 19:00:41 -0800
  ...Road and engine noise. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Bosch" <arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000...
• Re: Ceramics in VW engines.
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:18:53 -0600
  ...Got any performance numbers yet? ds At 15:57 3/31/2003 -0600, Stan Wilder wrote: >I've been reading about low power, leaking...
• Re: [Syncro] Roadhaus - found a shop in Rapid City
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:23:00 -0500
  Larry, Sorry to hear about your engine problems again. As a side note: Isn't it getting a ltttle cold there. How long do...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - mike elliott
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:26:25 -0800
  ...The 1.9L engine has 475cc displacement per cylinder. I think two cylinders fire per revolution, so at 900 rpm we got 900 x...
• Re: Exhaust Pipe Question
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:48:13 +0200
  ...Unless you have a modified engine at what > RPM do you plan to drive your Vanagon that warrants a high flow exhaust? > 6500 RPM...
• Converting '70 single-cab back to stock VW
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 08 Sep 1995 11:18:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Corvair engine in my Bus! If anyone calls you and seems interested in converting it back, could you give them my number (619-455...
• Re: Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 May 2012 19:20:05 -0700
  ...on our usually very used engines ..the higher number is the more important one. In summer on most vanagons engines that should be 50...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 20:39:52 -0800
  ...We went over several 7000' + passes and if I remember correctly ( the numbers are in the Owner's Manual) we were down to 53...
• Re: Legal swaps Was: Re: Audi 5 Cyl Swap: Alert! Possible Trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 18:53:24 -0800
  ...Now we have a turbo engine that >has an allowed engine code, with the only visible (and significant >difference) that a turbo is mounted...
• Early 84 sliding door mechanism - need a part!
  Historical mailing list - Skip L
  Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:07:58 -0500
  ...While the door works so-so since I did not lose the cracked Cam pieces, its days are numbered as this piece is going...
• Re: Odor of gasoline inside cabin....
  Historical mailing list - Edward Grant
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:25:28 -0600
  ...out how to read the VIN number and now know that I have an >air-cooled engine, which was mainly what I wanted to...
• Re: FS: 1984 Vanagon - very good condition
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:07:57 PST
  ...Would buy it myself if my lovely Bride didn't put a "cap" on the number of vehicles in our driveway. Rich and Annemarie...
• Who can we believe nowadays? emission testing problems
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Wilke
  Thu, 17 May 2001 20:10:58 -0700
  ...Yeah...I can expect to get face the engine rebuild, replace, TCI, Audi, McDonald Douglas MD turbo, but it really runs great. I replaced...
• Re: Hysterical thermal gauge.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 10:56:39 -0400
  ...To eliminate the level sender from consideration, unplug the control module numbered 43 -- third position second row in the '86-up, very hard to...
• Re: stranded... '84 won't start (after exhuast work??)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:09:29 -0700
  ...With a wheezy battery your voltage will be low, so you'll get low-reading gauges and a poor- to non-running engine. A...
• whitestar/bluestar
  Historical mailing list - William Burg
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:54:01 -0400
  ...on production numbers? Is the striped rear sear always a weekender (fold down bed )module? if so, was there a matching engine cover/pad...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:18:39 +0000
  ...It gives us great sadness. > > It has been proposed that my poor numbers might be due to a funky O2 > sensor, or crummy compression...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:18:32 -0400
  With those numbers he needs to start with compression / leak down test. Then look for ignition or lean miss fire. Then basic settings such...
• Re: Upstream Fuel Filter dissection results
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 12:48:12 -0700
  ...Current part number is 33248. There's a 5 in front of >> > > those 5 numbers, but the local parts guy told me that the...
• Re: Hesitation and 90 Carat FS
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:40:48 EST
  ...The engine was clean enough to eat off of!! And started right up and sounded good. Ran it with the ac for a bit...
• 1.9 and 2.1l Vanagon Coolant Hoses Available
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 12:14:48 EST
  ...I would sell all of the hoses in the engine compartment for the manual transmission Vanagon for $344.80 for the set (add $60...
• Re: public garages/wasRe: Westy height ? Garage door openings w
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:26:16 +1200
  ...The moral is, in my opinion, don't necessarily trust >the PVC pipe or plastic chains hanging at the entrance if the numbers show...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Questions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:13:58 -0700
  ...No way to run A/C on the highway with these numbers. In Europe they built 1.7NA and 1.6TD models as time...
• Re: What do you call this piece???
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 10:18:35 -0400
  ...the fuel line on either side of the engine bay? > Does anyone have a part number or appropiate name? > pic for reference: > > http://i6...
• Re: fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Larry L. Meyer
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 13:24:29 EDT
  ...I own an >86 Vanagon with the 2.1 engine and about 108,000 miles. This morning, >right after making a rather quick left...
• Re: Deeply Saddened and Troubled
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sim
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 19:28:31 -0400
  ...I routinely scan through each days > postings and open the increasingly limited number of technical posts and trip > reports. The remainder go quickly and...
• Re: Early 84 sliding door mechanism - need a part!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:55:38 -0400
  ...For background, my rebuilder is a renowned air-cooled > guy (he rebuilds engines for the "American Pickers" personal collections). > He timed the engine up...
• Re: removing engine studs: more questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 17:58:21 -0400
  Operating the engine with the exhaust pipes missing is a great way to warp valves and possibly cause a fire. Have it towed. If...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 2 Sep 2017 10:47:25 -0400
  ...a number of different Vanagons going over 4,200 rpm for > extended periods is not good for oil temperature control. Yes the engine > can...
• Re: Octane ratings
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Bose
  Wed, 26 Apr 95 16:07:43 PDT
  ...And, as another correspondent already pointed out, this magic number may vary with engine condition, degree of carbon fouling, type of plugs etc. As...
• '82 Westy For Sale in Denver (DU Area)
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:38:23 +0000
  ...I left the phone number at home, but can get it if anybody's interested. The owner, Roger, is the second owner. It sat...
• Re: Exhaust & intake valve installation question-Intake scraper part #
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 23:09:04 -0500
  ...For some reason ETKA dose not show it for the Vanagon and many enginew work well without them. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Vanagon engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:38:52 -0700
  ...If you've got time even call him, I had a >number of pleasant conversations w/him and learned a lot. After this you...
• #3 late timing.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 19:43:59 -0800
  ...about 'ol number three for several years, I'd never learned about how it was done. Now, I just play an engineer at work...
• Fw: Re[2]: diesel westy FS
  Historical mailing list - Larry Sanford
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 12:42:38 -0800
  ...Diesel Westy FS >> >>Call the number. Don't email me! >> >> 1982 VOLKSWAGEN POPTOP VAN, 4-speed, DIESEL engine, >> fridge, sink, bed, stereo cassette, xlnt...
• Porsche 944 motor & transaxle for conversion
  Historical mailing list - Joe Ernest
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 01:01:57 EST
  ...from the $1K I just spent on it, especially if its engine ends up in a Vanagon. So make me an offer, tell me...
• Re: Cylinder head gauge
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:15:56 -0700
  ...numbers are more of a baseline than anything else and only time will give you the experience as to know whether the engine is...
• floor mats
  Historical mailing list - Larry Edson
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:07:00 -0700
  ...I was having a pretty good time listening to a variety of people talk about their engine conversions and the like but my wife...
• The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 13:18:59 -0800
  So I have had number of issues with my wire harness recently & found a younger harness that is not so brittle so first I...
• Fwd: [Vanagon-Westfalia] Considering an Engine Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:50:57 -0500
  A number of people have wanted to hear of the experiences of users of the GoWesty engines. Here is one from another list. It...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:27:54 -0700
  ...It was still well below the min number. But my Vanagons got even lower CO numbers. Well, the Passat has a higher power engine...
• Re: Splittie engine swapping
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 23:09:29 -0500
  ...What is ACTUALLY in in I cannot say - look at the case number at the base of the generator pedeestal and check it in...
• Re: Long Life Motors part 2 the nitty gritty
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 May 97 23:31:17 EDT
  ...Typically engines that produce two >hundred horsepower, will be gas hogs at producing 50hp. Throttled spark ignition (gas) engines typically have a fairly narrow...