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• Engine differences
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:57:47 -0800
  ...A 1.6l in a Westy would be way too weak, so I would want to get another short block at least. If you...
• Re: running light out-break in wiring and question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:26:52 +0100
  ...This is rather important, as when you blow the fuse due to some crazy short circuit, or other contact problem, only one side goes...
• Re: 76 engine dead
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 10:19:38 PDT
  ...To not do >>so, from what I have seen, is only a very short-term, and expensive solution. >>YMMV >>IMHO >>Richard >> I have seen...
• Re: Do-it-yerself engine rehab goings and what I've found-1.9 rod bolts..
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 06:08:52 EST
  ...It showed a block being scrubbed with a giant-sized bottle brush. Rich
• Re: How many miles are too many?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:18:27 -0700
  ...I went 262,000 on the original short block. It's tired now, and certainly time for a rebuild. Changed oil religiously and used...
• Re: Reply from AT&T/BellSouth Part I
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 19 May 2008 16:44:22 -0700
  ...Then visit > http://worldnet.att.net/general-info/bls_info/block_admin.html to request > a removal of the block. Most requests for removal...
• Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:20:19 -0700
  ...feels blocked from accessing second or fourth and if I apply pressure I get the unhappy sound of gears grinding. I shortened up the...
• Re: new engine from VW
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Aug 94 13:12:47 ADT
  ...VW calls it a short block, I'd call it a long block. It is a factory rebuild, from the crankcase out to the...
• Re: urban camping in sf
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:21:13 EDT
  ...Park across the street on the park side of Crestlake Avenue on or about the 500 block. Very quite street. Tolerant for one or...
• CIS fuel injection, Inline 4 conversion.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:29:53 -0400
  ...distribution block to the injectors way over on the left. The lines run alongside eachother, and right over the alternator. Long story short, the...
• Re: Wiring warning: corrosion on AC main feed wire
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:26:57 -0700
  ...Eventually the 50-amp fuse may have > melted or the junction block may have melted. A short of > the 10-gauge wire to ground...
• 1.9L to 2.1L interchange of parts
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:28:20 -0500
  ...1 is a short block already and the other is ready to have the crank dropped in. all in good fun. thanks Jonce Jonce...
• Engine Conversion Options
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:43:17 -0500
  ...It wasn't in the book! What gives? The short blocks were $2300, and he claimed that heads are $1000 each. I guess that...
• Re: Vanagon exhaust diameter? + Custom exhaust fabrication questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:36:10 -0700
  ...The collector > > itself (Jetta) has 1 5/8" pipes. > > > > The only real technical stumbling block right now, is that the > > collector will be shorter...
• Re: Flaky fuel gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 1996 16:19:14 -0500
  ...The wire was connected to a short wire coming from the fuse block as well as to the wire leading to the fuel tank...
• Re: Idle Control
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:25:37 -0500
  > > Under the AFM and under multiple hoses, just to the left of the spark plug > is a unit bolted to the block near the...
• Re: If you ever have a water pump changing party,ya can b sure no one will come
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:14:07 -0500
  ...I ended up shortening an allen wrench by about a quarter-inch to be able to get it into one of these right below...
• Re: ADVICE NEEDED.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jan 95 19:30:47 EST
  ...a) rebuild from the ground up; b) purchase a short block; c) purchase a long block d) have someone install the engine for you...
• Re: USB power?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 09:49:58 -0700
  ...short cord with Power Poles on one and and FastOns on the other. The FastOns plug into the fuse block and ground block semi...
• Re: '71 engine apart (mostly)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Mon, 23 Jan 95 13:03:19 EST
  ...Another option is to get your local shop to rebuild your short block, its a lot less lobor than the whole job and they...
• Oil light won't go out : 1982 diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 25 Sep 1994 16:03:14 -0600
  ...which is shorting out ..... or a fuse may be blown. But, the fuses that I can see in the fuse block look fine. Thanks...
• RE: foamy green stuff
  Historical mailing list - No Quarter
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 21:30:02 -0500 (CDT)
  ...south \--------------------|in one of those." "You're weird." |of Lincoln. |e-mail: |"Wanna drag? HA HA HA" "Put a |_____________*__\ silent@ltec.net | small block...
• Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 7 Aug 2017 19:29:30 -0700
  ...12 fuse block supply wire with a 40 Amp fuse, I was focused on "fusing the wire" against a dead short based upon (my...
• Re: Mice!!!
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:31:21 -0400
  ...Unless you block up the trail, mice will continue to follow the path. Perhaps some odour blocker would work but short of scrubbing with...
• Re: aftermarket turbo/supercharger to deisel?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:38:57 EST
  ...OK..the VW TD..thicker deck on the block, bigger piston pins, thicker piston crown, oil squirters for the underside of the pistons, different...
• Re: 3 blocks w. no oil in the van
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 08:55:09 -0600
  ...Do you think I seriously shortend the life of this > 1.9l waterboxer? ...I was using Castrol Syntec synethetic oil, and if > you recall...
• Re: Pdx Jackstand Help?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 21 May 2007 02:58:03 EDT
  ...If you did remove the UTH to replace the short piece of rubber hose between it and the block DO NOT take the flange...
• Re: rear heater bypass ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 9 May 2013 12:34:24 -0700
  Your ideas are correct, and the two hoses should not be connected, they should be blocked, or better.. entirely moved and the T's...
• Re: 2 litre align bore
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 May 1995 20:05:41 -0500
  >Greetings all > >I have a second hand 2 litre short block which I intend >rebuilding and fitting into an 1800 Kombi camper. > >Upon dismantling...
• Re: squeaky front end
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:20:43 -0400
  ...It is ez to reach.It is the block of rubber where the sway bar bolts to the frame. Squirt it with wd40, or...
• Re: Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:49:32 -0500
  ...I had H&R springs (on a westy) and added > bilstien's - it still was jarring on short bumps. > Might be different with a...
• Re: 3.2L waterboxer, and 2.6L 5cyl in vw van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 2002 18:21:15 EDT
  ...between the > > blocks and they reckon the 2.6 has either a taller or a shorter (memory > > fails me now) block than the usual...
• Re: ... and onto the next thing ...
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 21:44:31 -0300
  ...I drove six blocks to one of my properties and was almost finished changing the outside light fixture when shorting the connexion occurred to...
• Re: Fuel pump/filter
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 19:28:48 -0600
  It sounds like the vent side wouldn't be totally blocked, since it still runs and the fuel tank doesn't look like a...
• Re: F/Friday: New Vanagon Engine Idea: JB Weld Block & Heads
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:57:34 -0500
  ...So many volks have had such good > success > repairing their damaged heads with JB Weld, I believe that a block > and > heads cast of...
• Re: [Syncro] Farm jack thingy
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:13:54 -0400
  ...Some of them are too short to be ideal (when being used with a highlift jack). <br><br> You also want one that approaches...
• Re: The name of this kind of thing?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:59:38 -0700
  ooh ooh please sir, pick me! I have one! 2 wheels on short axle, then a long curved box section ending at the far...
• Re: 81 Camper...another newbie question: max safe cruising speed
  Historical mailing list - chris smith
  Sun, 7 Sep 1997 22:48:52 -0500
  ...I've read that driving the diesels >at that speed is definitely abuse and will dramatically shorten the engine >life; should I be similarly...
• Re: More questions as the rebuild progresses
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 08:08:43 -0700 (PDT)
  ...You will have > just replaced a perfectly good short block with one that has no > compression. If you get new rings, take the cylinders...
• Re: 2.1 Pushrods- need help! (short)
  Historical mailing list - Brad Snyder
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:23:50 -0500
  ...as it will go, start taking the tube out at >the block end, and sliding the rod out the rest of the way? > >Thanks...
• O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:41:29 -0600
  ...Took her for a short twirl around the block and she semed to be running fairly normally (as far as you can tell in...
• Re: Oil Filter Tube Mount Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Mon, 10 May 2010 15:53:32 -0400
  ...This item is just a short pipe "nipple" threaded into the >> block >> on one end and the oil filter threads onto the other end...
• Re: 1985 1.9 Vanagon Oil Lite Shenanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Thu, 18 May 2006 06:21:51 -0400
  ...shut the engine off before taking it for a short spin around the block, until the fan stops running, that the coolent backups via...
• Re: Question about westy poptop crossbar
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:16:36 -0700
  I used a landscaping tie with supporting blocks and shims (tie too short) to support top. Lower end of tie and blocks were on...
• Re: Can someone identify these wires ... And ... Propane lines
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:19:21 -0700
  >Anyway, there is also a shot there of 2 wires that are >next to the water tank, a green wire and a ground >block...
• Re: Engine Procedure
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 01:29:09 -0400
  ...is it > surely in need of tons of work? Could the short > block be okay? Thank you for your help. > Steve > > ===== > Steve > croatoa@yahoo...
• Broken Oil Pressure gauge/sender?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:23:15 -0500
  I was wiring up my new VDO volt gauge and accidentally shorted the (+) feed to my oil pressure gauge(popping a fuse) I finished...
• diesel heater/cooling problems (again)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cronin
  Sun, 26 Jan 1997 12:54:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...I assumed I had an ice blockage due to a weak antifreeze/water blend. The van was defrosted in the garage and was running...
• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:36:35 -0400
  ...It's short, and at the end of it there's no accelleration lane; it just merges immediately into the right lane. Traffic in...
• Re: Buzzer of Death (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 14:52:10 +0200
  ...After 13 years the insulation around that wire is rock-hard and brittle and may be shorting against the block. Sometimes reversing causes things...
• 85 wkendr engine?
  Historical mailing list - James E. Hall
  Wed, 3 Jan 96 11:15:06 EST
  ...manual tranny) that needs a new/rebuilt engine OR (supposedly) A NEW ENGINE BLOCK. I was cruising home from work on April 12, 1995...
• Re: cyl head temp gauge and sub-zero driving
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Wed, 12 Oct 1994 15:51:12 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I know about the 5W30 motor oil, the battery blanket and block heaters, but I had incredible problems with every moving thing on the...
• My Syncro Locking Diff is Possessed
  Historical mailing list - Drew Jenkins
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 19:50:04 -0400
  ...During my short drive around the block, it activated and deactivated four times. I need to exorcise the demon out of this Syncro. Short...
• fuel press. reg. gauge option/results ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 20 May 2001 13:27:27 -0500
  ...and a short wire is strung over to the T conncetion in the middle of the block, where I used a short piece of...
• Re: Snow Traction Devices?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 15:41:24 -0400 (AST)
  ...I carry 2 short bits of 2x6, with 2 bits of 3/4" ply nailed on leaving an inch wide gap between. Lay them...
• Oil light?
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:45:45 EST
  ...So, I took it around the block and parked it. Not even a 2 minute trip. When I parked, I noticed that my oil...
• Re: 1.9L heads. Who has used them ...
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:41:18 -0500
  ...Is it a large increase? > > I completed a 2.1L short block and a set of 1.9L heads I would like to put...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:00:27 -0400
  ...It's not a huge step to go all the way at this point. > Rebuilding a short block is something I have not tried...
• Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - a butler
  Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:32:55 -0600
  ...The van died b/c the distributor smaller gauge to something wire melted to the block shortining it out, no spark. I spent a...
• Re: Drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:06:52 -0700
  Bill - Thanks for posting at least the short answer. I vaguely remembered your post from over a year ago but I mis-filed it...