Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 6+: 60 results shown for Spring compressor.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Idea for A/C and camping-Toyotomi Portable A/C
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 21 Jun 1998 02:41:54 -0700
  ...Regards, Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westfalia Bob Bellanca wrote: > Or...You could get a free standing, 4000btu, Toyotomi AC unit, Lots > less...
• Why my engine blew up.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 09 Apr 1995 20:20:41 +0600
  ...This afternoon, I built a valve spring compressor tool, and took apart my heads. The valves didn't seem to seating properly, like the...
• Re: AC update
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:40:15 -0700
  ...If you wanted rain, you should've been here for just about any day this Spring--worst evah! On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at...
• Re: Air Conditioning help
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:09:07 -0800
  ...Those fittings on the compressor are hard to find but some length changes can do away with them or if in good shape go...
• Re: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:05:39 +0000
  Just replaced one in my 90 2.1 I took off the AC compressor on the first one I did. But, come to realize...
• Re: AC does loses freon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:22:09 -0700
  ...This year I had my > mechanic take the evaporator down, he changed the expansion valve, put it > rebuilt compressor and fixed a very small...
• Re: Front shocks replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 22 Aug 2015 18:24:21 -0400
  ...he seemed to think they would come out safely without a spring compressor. Is that true? i thought folks here said it was needed...
• Re: Front Shocks - Help or How Much $? (Portland OR)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:38:47 -0800
  ...Now the questions to you all are - > - Where to rent the spring compressors in Portland, OR or > - What's the best shop for the...
• Re: How to convert to 134?
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 6 May 2008 21:17:03 +0000
  ...of '02.> > >> > > What I did was, I replaced the receiver/dryer, removed the compressor> > > and drained the old oil out and flushed it, flushed...
• Re: Troublshooting High Idle 87 2.1 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:28:42 -0400
  Jigging the throttle return spring for more tension... didn't fix the issue. (I hope there's not too much tension on it now...
• Re: Air Conditioning Electrical Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:31:09 +0800
  ...He left the a/c on for a few minutes and then noticed > that the compressor was not running. Investigation showed that fuse S0...
• AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:43 -0400
  ...coolant replaced, exhaust repaired, etc, this spring. Last summer, I had the AC repaired (new hoses, dryer, compressor and condensor) and things worked great...
• Re: Cylinder head repair question
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:18:51 -0500
  ...I have a lapping tool > and compound.A spring compressor to remove all valves. My question is > valve guides? Can these be changed by...
• Re: Front shocks replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 22 Aug 2015 21:16:15 -0400
  ...he seemed to think they would come out safely without a spring compressor. Is that true? i thought folks here said it was needed...
• Airbrushing small paint flaws on my Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:03:47 -0700
  ...I've got an airbrush and compressor, and I've fairly fearless about jumping in and trying something like this. I've got a...
• Re: AC does loses freon
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:21:18 -0400
  ...Every spring I have to get it loaded with freon. This year I had my mechanic take the evaporator down, he changed the expansion...
• Re: Website and Maintenance--The missing Link--FOUND!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:56:24 -0800
  ...a Sycro with a turbo diesel PT6 turbine with a dual > compressor ignition system and snow chain to get the hel* out from here...
• Re: installation of lower control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 07:31:02 EST
  ...I took the shocks out, installed the spring compressor and compressed a spring, then took out the bolt that holds the inner end of...
• Re: Heads are off; now what?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:52:42 +0000
  ...Firstly, I got one of those wind up spring steel ring compressors. I fiddled around with this for ages - even modified it. Eventually, I...
• Re: Syncro rear shocks
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 20:14:05 -0700
  ...Has anyone installed front syncro shocks without a spring compressor ? I looked at Tom Carrington's technical page where he details a front shock...
• re:91 Vanagon with "Hot Air"
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 12 May 1997 21:58:56 -0700
  ...Most people have >to have their AC recharged every spring because it 'leaks'. Actually, >because you don't use your AC during the winter...
• Re: nominal digitool readings (digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:22:43 -0000
  ...Mine is about 1.5, after fiddling with the spring in the AFM. When cold, it's about 1.8 at idle. Also, what...
• FW: Air Conditioning help
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:50:27 -0500
  ...Then three years ago a local garage told me my compressor was and it would be $900 in parts, labor, etc. to replace it...
• Fwd: Re: AC INOP 1988 GL WBX 2.1
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Jun 2016 09:43:15 -0500
  ...The compressor > is a rebuilt one I got from you some years ago. It was noisy from the > get-go but has otherwise been...
• Re: 89 rebuild
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:56:45 -0400
  ...Completed. > New springs and front end bushings. > New clutch,pressure plate, slave cylinder . > Replace originals propane tank....I have two tanks, one on each...
• Re: How to convert to 134?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 6 May 2008 13:15:21 -0500
  ...While I was doing all that earlier this spring, I took the opportunity to go through just about everything on the car that wasn...
• Westy Weighed... Setting Corner Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:43:10 -0500
  ...This query refers to the *ratio* for selecting spring weights to match weights on the corners, not about other assumptions of the test. I...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Oct 2008 - Special issue (#2008-1075)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 4 Oct 2008 10:18:57 -0700
  ...Every spring I have to get it loaded with freon. This year I had my mechanic take the evaporator down, he changed the expansion...
• Re: Parts available for sale
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:47:52 -0700
  ...Koni shocks (brand new) >>> Carat springs (lowers any vanagon) >>> Syncro springs (stock, ~30,000 miles on them) >>> Ac compressors. >>> Rear blower motors. >>> Dash components...
• Re: AC High Side - line leak - rubber hose
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:54:30 -0400
  Keith, new compressors have a shelf life of 18 months and then they may start to leak from the shaft seal.You may need...
• Re: clicks in the front end
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 23:16:39 -0500
  ...Any ideas? If I have to replace the lower ball joint, is this something I can do without special tools like a spring compressor...
• Re: How to convert to 134?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 May 2008 11:16:30 -0500
  ...the compressor to come on >>> without hotwiring it. So the systems sit all winter until we turn >>> them >>> on in the spring and by...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Oct 2008 - Special issue (#2008-1075)
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Sat, 4 Oct 2008 13:31:56 -0700
  ...I have a question: -I have a rebuild compressor I bought off Ebay a couple years ago and never used. It looks just like...
• Re: Air Conditioner Question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 20:08:35 -0800
  ...I > replaced the > > reciever-drier , emptied the old oil out of the > compressor, replaced it > > with ester oil. I put in new O-rings...
• Re: Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 May 2016 20:39:24 -0400
  ...If you have an air compressor get an impact wrench and socket. If not get (rent or borrow) an electric impact. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: Front Shocks - Help or How Much $? (Portland OR)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:40:43 -0500
  ...2) Anyone in the Portland, OR area have HD spring compressors I can borrow or rent? 3) Suggestions for Portland local shop and price...
• Re: Fixing Vanagon Air Conditioning....trying at least
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 10 Aug 2019 01:11:04 +0000
  ...If doing a really good conversion with new compressor consider the PAG oil. Use a multi or get the correct viscosity for the compressor...
• Re: AC INOP 1988 GL WBX 2.1
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:00:42 -0400
  ...I have had vans that needed a recharge every spring, would last the summer and I did that for 10 years in a row...
• Re: WHAT A RIP OFF!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:26:41 -0600
  ...Anybody need a new set of automobile spring compressors for $20.00. Never used, made in China of course, but they look pretty good...
• Re: Saggy Westy Rear
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:27:52 -0700
  ...for an onboard "leveling compressor kit" (if I recall it some people at the time of the group purchase (spring 2001) went with this...
• re:91 Vanagon with "Hot Air"
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 12 May 97 13:03:00 -0500
  ...Most people have to have their AC recharged every spring because it 'leaks'. Actually, because you don't use your AC during the winter...
• Re: clicks in the front end
  Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:43:52 -0600
  ...is this something I > can do without special tools like a spring compressor? > > Thanks, > Andy Stalick > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked...
• Re: Front Suspension Blues (Got the Squeeks)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:10:03 -0700
  ...You won't need a spring compressor. You can check that the noise is from the A arm bushings by disconnecting the upper ball...
• Re: cigrette lighter or silver socket - amp problem with air compressor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:13:36 -0400
  ...Which it is, but a bit more as well; every time I look inside an AFM and see that big husky spring loafing away...
• Re: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:08:16 -0800
  ...The side spring contacts didn't go in deep enough to hold the plug, and it would lose contact while driving. Very annoying. Stuart...
• Front Suspension Blues (Got the Squeeks)
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Anderson
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:59:20 -0700
  ...What I wanted to know is........before I pull out the spring compressor and get to work on those bushings, are there any veterans...
• Re: AC Help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 12:17:32 -0400
  ...Major components (compressor, etc.) are good. I'm having problems with the blower motor and its housing from the cabinet above rear seat. I...
• Re: Fridge Question
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:37:20 -0800
  ...Again, what is the weight > of opinion on that question? > 3) Is gas absorption the way to go or is there > preference for compressor...
• Re: AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 18 May 2012 08:52:40 -0400
  ...coolant replaced, exhaust repaired, etc, this spring. Last > summer, I had the AC repaired (new hoses, dryer, compressor and condensor) > and things worked great...
• Upgardes I'm considering for my 1985 1/2 Camper
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sun, 15 May 2005 02:37:45 -0400
  ...metal light frames (w/ spring) and lights from another vanagon..... -Do I have to drill mounting screw holds into my Vanagon's grill area...
• Re: Parts available for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:55:36 -0700
  ...Koni shocks (brand new) > >>> Carat springs (lowers any vanagon) > >>> Syncro springs (stock, ~30,000 miles on them) > >>> Ac compressors. > >>> Rear blower motors. > >>> Dash components...
• Re: Torque specs for wheel bearing housing (rear)
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 18:45:11 -0700
  ...get the darn retaining spring > clip out. > > It took my impact wrench (560 ft lbs) with my air compressor cranked > right up to get...
• Re: Heads/Cylinders somewhat naive question!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:30:44 EST
  ...You will need to use a spring compressor to get the cylinders back on. The best way to compress the rings is to use...
• Re: singin' the AC blues.....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 09:14:39 -0400
  ...Good luck with your compressor, and look at your hoses. The evacuation and refill with R134 was $100, I can only be glad it...
• Heads off, piston ring broken
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:31:49 -0500
  ...I found a couple of members who succeeded in using a wrench-type ring compressor to get the cylinders back on the pistons without...
• Front Shocks - Help or How Much $? (Portland OR)
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:36:25 -0800
  ...2) Anyone in the Portland, OR area have HD spring compressors I can borrow or rent? 3) Suggestions for Portland local shop and price...
• Re: Westy Weighed... Setting Corner Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:14:05 -0500
  ...The only way to reduce that weight is to lower the spring which will increase the sag of that corner. Of course an attempt...
• '54 Deluxe - Sandblasting
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 12:32:26 -0800 (PST)
  ...The really good, spring-loaded nozzle is $110 at the sandblasting store, so I think I'll get that one. And not "throttle" it...
• Re: AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 May 2012 18:11:44 -0400
  ...coolant replaced, exhaust repaired, etc, this spring. Last summer, I had the AC repaired (new hoses, dryer, compressor and condensor) and things worked great...
• Re: Air 'Conditioning'
  Historical mailing list - Sebastian Hill
  Wed, 14 May 1997 12:58:01 -0700
  ...evaporator) The clutch on my wife's '87 Honda AC compressor failed last spring. I decided to just remove the AC belt and fix...