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• Re: air cooled rear hatch ...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 08:44:27 -0500
  ...You seem to be > describing an "engine cover".;-) > > > BenT > sent from my engine door > > > On Apr 3, 2015, at 5:05 AM, Jim Felder...
• Re: aircooled waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - brions cars
  Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:34:33 -0700
  ...Since 1997, the T2c has been built in Brazil<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil> with air-cooled engines for the Brazilian market and...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 24 May 2004 22:11:43 -0400
  ...These engines are expensive to rebuild unlike the old bug. Air cooled engines do not produce very good heat, Just like the old bugs...
• Re: Boston Bob? or GoWesty?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:57:37 -0500
  ...hey, this engine sounds great -> like a Porsche -> now I need an air-cooled for the collection -> Porsches were air-cooled until recently -> I...
• Re: dropping the engine, 81 air cooled
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:44:16 -0700
  ...I recently dropped an AC engine/tranny and in my hurried-haste (was in someone elses shop) and using bad lighting, I used an...
• Re: air-cooled heat
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 07:13:41 -0400
  If you want heat in your air-cooled VW, check out www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex. There is no need for an aux. heater...
• Air cooled mileage
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Thu, 22 May 2008 06:58:58 -0500
  I have been seeing these mileage questions and I thought I would ask how the air cooled Westy's do with a standard transmission...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion/extremists
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:51:07 -0800
  ...In the SoCal junkyards I visit the air-cooled Vanagons outnumbered the waterboxer models by at least 3 to 1 in at least 100...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 07:12:11 -0700
  ...in Air Cooled version. > The air cooled have less power but engine rebuilds are about half the > cost of a Wasser Boxer engine. > I...
• Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 06:30:25 -0700
  ...Air-cooled engines acumulate heat over time >depending on load and abient air temp. As I like to say the air-cooled >engine has...
• Re: air-cooled newbie
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 07:48:29 -0500
  ...I got my first air-cooled 2.5 years ago. A 1980 westy. Been lovin' ever since. Planning a cross country trip this summer...
• Oxyboxer Motors
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:48:22 +1000
  ...jackets and fit air-cooled cylinder barrels and cylinder heads to make an air-cooled version of the Vangon's engine. Has anyone been...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Mon, 13 May 2002 20:16:45 -0700
  ...used an upright air-cooled > motor.<<< > > What the hell is an "upright air-cooled", in my book an upright engine is > like a 4...
• Re: Air Cooled Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:03:09 -0700
  ...They have Puch (spelling?) 6 cyl air-cooled engines in them and get about 10-12 MPG. They are being sold here in Phoenix...
• Re: Adjustments to help 81 Air Cooled Westy pass emissions?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:54:51 -0800
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - > > "Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > > > Engine swap beginings: http://musomuso.googlepages.com/home > > > > > > -- > Jake > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986...
• Pic of melting wiring in my Air cooled '81. How's yours? --- :^)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 21:01:33 -0800
  ...haven't inspected the wiring in their engine bay. Cheers, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http...
• Re: Engine Overheating Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 12:05:56 -0500
  ...I don't mean to suggest that you ignore it, just that it might be "normal" for an air-cooled engine.
• Re: WTB: Engine tin for air cooled Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 13 May 2008 15:19:09 -0400
  ...wrote: > Hey Volks, > > I have an air cooled Vanagon with the 49 state (Federal) smog equipment. > I need a complete set of the engine...
• Fwd: difference between waterboxer and air cooled engines
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 00:50:39 EDT
  sorry, got the address wrong the first time,ducky [message/rfc822]
• Re: 1982 Air Cooled with compression 110, 110, 115, 115
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 2 May 2007 23:08:01 -0400
  http://www.type2.com/library/engineg/comrat.htm Ben
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:12:13 -0500
  ...Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled Subject: 1987 Bay, with type IV air-cooled FI engine, solid lifters. Question: Valve setting .006 do these things...
• Re: RE: shower in a westy!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Aug 94 11:55:38 bst
  ...Did anyone You can get a 'water heat-exchanger' that replaces the standard air-cooled engine's heater box. This heats water so you...
• 2l air-cooled engine fs, how much?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 09:34:56 -0400
  ...2l air-cooled engine, complete w/ fi stuff rebuilt less than 30,000 miles ago (new pistons/cylinders/bearings) been out of vehicle (82...
• Re: Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 May 2012 23:05:41 -0400
  ...Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia Well, air-cooled engines have an oil cooler because they are technically oil-cooled according to my understanding...
• What is the best winter beater and future ENGINE SWAP donor?
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:24:18 -0400
  ...1980 air cooled that is running really strong right now, but if that changes down the road I'll probably do an engine swap...
• The 82 Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:06:45 -0500
  I asked for advice yesterday about the air-cooled '82. I asked what to look for in this engine. I went out today to...
• "plastic vents" was: Re: '81 Westy for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 22 May 2002 08:14:21 -0400
  ...Question for the list----the rear engine air intake vents are not the black plastic insert type found on '81 and later air cooled...
• Cooling problems / engine swap
  Historical mailing list - Preston Lewis
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 13:56:29 -0700
  ...want to swap the engine and I don't mind switching to the 2000cc Type 4 Air Cooled engine used from '78 - '83. Could...
• wtb: 81 engine seal; sticker idea
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 14:38:15 -0400
  i'm in the market for a good condition used engine compartment seal for an air-cooled vanagon. (thought i'd troll for it...
• Transvair kit?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Kieffer
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:49:55 -0500
  ...a corvair engine into a type 2 72-79 bus work in an early vanagon with the 2.0 air-cooled engine? Without modifications...
• Re: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 17:02:11 -0300 (ADT)
  ...the only car manufacture to >> make air cooled autos...i said that porsche also made air cooled >> engines but could not think of any...
• Re: Golf engine mount brackets same as Fox? (for my Vanagon engine conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:32:18 -0700
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac...
• Two engines for sale
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 12:27:09 -0700
  ...These are 2.0L air-cooled engines. All of you that is interested can give me an offer. Zoltan
• Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 24 May 2004 23:34:45 -0400
  ...Heat just burns them up. > These engines are expensive to rebuild unlike the old bug. Air cooled > engines do not produce very good heat...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:28:34 -0500
  ...I assumed they must have had some kind >> of >> engine other than the air cooled version of that era. Since there >> are >> inline engine...
• PORSCHE Engine
  Historical mailing list - Mike Otto
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:35:09 EDT
  Hey, Could someone tell me if it is possible to put a PORSCHE engine into my 83 Westy air-cooled, and what the price...
• 2.0 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Gus Cairo
  Fri, 23 May 2014 21:27:38 -0700
  Hi you all. does anyone have any experience with the Bus Depot rebuilt 2.0 air cooled engine�
• vw mechanic???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Coon
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:49:25 -0500
  I just moved to Miami, anybody know of a good mechanic for air cooled engines??? Thanks in advance. Bob
• Air cooled transmission in a Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:32:13 EDT
  ...I already have an 83 Vanagon with a bad engine and a good transmission. Is it possible to put the Air cooled '83 transmission...
• FW: The strange transmission noise
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:30:00 -0600
  ...Are you running a air cooled or water > cooled trans? > Al > > jimt wrote: > Air cooled trannie with a subie engine. <almost all edu addresses...
• Re: 1982 Air Cooled with compression 110, 110, 115, 115
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 1 May 2007 11:04:32 -0400
  I did a compression test on my 1982 air cooled van last week and got 141- 50 on cylinders 1,2, and 3 and...
• engine mount bracket
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Singleton
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:20:41 -0700
  ...to the engine and then to the motor mounts on the engine bearer on my 1981 vanagon 2.0 air cooled. I appreciate it...
• Re: Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:01:04 -0600
  ...Saying that a person who can repair an air-cooled engine is necessarily unfit to repair a water-cooled engine is ludicrous. A person...
• Re: Need new Engine
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Thu, 1 Oct 2020 11:50:30 -0500
  ...on thoughts regarding my need for an engine. >> 82 Air cooled, Approx 175,000 miles on engine. No compression in Cylinder >> 1. Need new...
• 1980 air cooled engines
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 15:18:58 -0400
  ...My mechanic said it would be quite expensive to rebuild and that volkzwagon 2 litre air cooled engines are not easy to come by...
• Re: Red tek r-134 question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:30:47 -0400
  > If your engine compartment is a tightly closed area like Air Cooled > versions you might have an explosion if the additives contain Butane or...
• Re: part needed: diesel tranny
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 05:19:56 -0400
  the exchange in the archives is not about using the air cooled transmission for engine swaps or upgrades, although that does exist. it is...
• 1981 Air-cooled Transporter 'Pooh' is still going strong
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 13:05:04 +0100
  My 1981 /2.0 litre air-cooled VW transporter campervan is still going strong after fitting the exchange engine. There are stories about Pooh...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:46:07 -0600
  ...that these Air Cooled need to be mollycoddled throughout their life to have any measurable life. The never ending conversations on engine conversions leads...
• Re: wasserbox???
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Jul 1996 20:52:05 -0400
  ...VW has made more horizontally opposed engines than anyone, but until 1983 they were all air cooled. For the 1983-1/2 Vanagon (In...
• Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:00:04 -0600
  ...1987 Bay, with type IV air-cooled FI engine, solid lifters. Question: Valve setting .006 do these things ever get real quiet or should...
• Re: Craigslist Ad
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:04:40 -0600
  ...This is an air-cooled > Vanagon. Look at the photos, or read that there is a "New engine > compartment seal." Air-cooled. > > Richard
• Re: Adjusting the idle on '82 AC Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:08:01 -0700
  ...However.....california versions of the air-cooled vanagon came with electronic igntion. which is a Vast improvement. I was actually kinda shocked the first...
• Re: '81 Westy for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 21 May 2002 21:24:42 -0700
  ...Question for the list----the rear >engine air intake vents are not the black plastic insert type found on '81 >and later air cooled...
• Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 6 Feb 2014 18:17:09 -0800
  Vanagon Type IV air-cooled engines use the same single wire sensor. It's possibly to get corrosion and pore conduivity where it screws...
• Re: Differences between 81 and 82 Air Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:44:25 -0800
  ...air cooled Vanagon. Was running, (stalled when hot) currently not running now, (starter will not turn when jumped. Maybe elec. connections or seized engine...
• Re: Push rod tube instalation and Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:16:37 +0100
  Also if it was an air-cooled type4 engine, those tubes go in through the head, and not in between like in the Bug...
• Fwd: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
  Historical mailing list - Mr.mds
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:32:43 -0500
  ...81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options?? > > Hello all! > Thanks for all the replys and information. > > I am thinking of going water cooled, going to...
• Re: Air Cooled Crate Engines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:58:52 -0400
  ...Don't know if he does air cooled engines. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Mark Dearing <vwbrain@AOL.COM> To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: http://www.kalecoauto.com/pretty cool parts place
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:57:39 -0800
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil Engine swap beginings: http://musomuso.googlepages.com/home