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• Re: What is pinging? (Was Re: 73 bus / timing question...)
  Historical mailing list - Douglas
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 13:04:24 -0700
  ...It shouldn't hurt anything, as > >long as the engine isn't pinging (it will be more likely to ping with > >advanced timing) > > What...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:19:33 -0800
  ...Using a straight pin, push the pin into the wire. Push through the insulation and aim for the center where the metal is. Measure...
• Dash multi-pin wiring
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 08:35:37 -0600
  ...Need to move some wires around in the multi-pin so temp gauge is talking to temp sender, etc. Can't find a resource...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:45:16 -0700
  ...That page shows which pin is > #15 of that connector. Unplug that connector and look at that pin. > > Mark > > John Goubeaux wrote: >> >> I replaced...
• Re: 1938 VolkswagenWerk Groundbreaking Pins
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 00:19:46 -0900
  >These are the pins with the Beetle silhouette (3/4 view) with >swastika-in-cogwheel (labor front logo) rising like a sun behind it...
• Tach wire - 84 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Clark
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:56:44 -0600
  ...I've looked at the 14 pin connector on the instrument panel. Pin #9 appears to be pink/black. I've pulled the engine...
• Re: How to adjust position of Sliding Door Rear Locking Pin
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sun, 12 Feb 2023 08:16:45 -0800
  ...position, and re- > tightened the pin. � I have not driven the van enough to make sure I have pin in right > position. > > What is...
• Re: High Octane was: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:08:33 +0100
  High speed detonation isn't pinking. You'll not hear it at full power on many engines, but it'll damage the engine in...
• Re: Need help on wiring
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:56:10 -0700
  ...The other side of S23 is a Red 1.5mm wire which goes to Pin 4 of the 6-pin connector that feeds the...
• pink powder
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:22:27 -0400
  ...In defiance of all my years of experience, I inserted the end of this tool and squirted what turned out to be a pink...
• Re: Piston Pin
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 4 May 1995 09:49:45 -0700 (PDT)
  ...You need a special set of pliers that have various pins to use on the tips. I forgot what they're called but most...
• Re: Windshield Washer Nozzles
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 08:46:26 -0400
  You can also remove the little ball art of the nozzle with pin. Mine got clogged once by some crud that was stuck behind...
• Re: voltage stabilizer/gauges not working
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:37:01 -0400
  ...The middle pin is in the air (no female connector). All three >have always been that way and work fine. The middle pin is...
• Re: Everything peachy with vanagon.com foil replacement except...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:42:00 -0400
  It's just a straight wire from the panel connector (pin six any year panel) to the gauge sender terminal, which is the one...
• Re: piston pin puller?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:52:46 -0800
  ...piston pin puller? > Does anyone know of a way to make one, or are they > generic and can be had at any flaps? Any...
• Re: Wrist pin removal tool
  Historical mailing list - mccaig
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:47:17 -0300
  ...Wrist pin removal tool >OK... due to requests... >I've put together plans for the wrist pin removal tool >that I invented.... > >Anyone interested...
• Re: digifant ECU pin numbering
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 02:15:14 EST
  ...info in the Bentley that gives me the pinout at the connector >> Larry, The pinout is in the Bentley within the Group 24 section...
• Syncro-I need the little locking pin for the rear diff....
  Historical mailing list - David Devere
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:02:49 -0500
  ...When I went to drive the locking pin out as per Bentley I noticed that there wasn't one. I could see right through...
• Re: SA grille install (from square headlights)
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 31 May 2005 17:50:12 -0700
  The round headlight buckets have the pin receiving clips for the outer most pins. Look closely at the top picture. Can't comment on...
• country homes campers selling freeway flyer ring and pinions for AT vanagons...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 03:35:59 -0500
  _3.27 Ring and Pinion for Automatic Vanagons_ (http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/pts/4301992290.html) anyone ever tried these?
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 13:42:24 -0400
  ...Marks on tape closest to pin >>>>> marks. Working ext was middle leg, and finally left leg. >>>>> >>>>> I think, if I’ve rotated things in...
• Re: Table leg hole?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 5 May 2021 11:42:27 -0700
  ...The added pin locks the table in certain set positions > >> with the pin. He didn’t discuss rattle or other things. ] > >> He gave some...
• Re: Table leg hole?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 5 May 2021 13:05:28 -0500
  ...The added pin locks the table in certain set positions >>> with the pin. He didn’t discuss rattle or other things. ] >>> He gave some...
• Re: Ring and pinion - 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:22:11 -0600
  ...At the point that the pinion bearings or the inside pinion > saft seal needs repair it all has to come out and be disassembled...
• Re: How to fix arm rest?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 21 Aug 2018 23:28:46 -0600
  On 21 Aug , 2018, at 6:42 PM, Steve Williams wrote: > The pin worked out of one of the arm rests in my '84...
• Re: :) Irish Get-together FAQ. (hic)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Jan 1995 08:02:53 -0400 (EDT)
  PJ our Irish Tranny friend writes: "Neither the Great Galvo nor the Bushrat has succumed to the heady temptations of the pint glass. Our...
• Re: Urgently need STRIKER PIN for rear lock on sliding door -- '91 Vanagon - FIXED
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 11 Mar 2023 02:59:55 -0500
  ...Urgently need STRIKER PIN for rear lock on sliding door -- '91 Vanagon Date: 02/22/2023 12:14:09 PM The striker pin on...
• Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:49:37 -0400
  If I remember on those you can lift off the rubber sleeve pass it over the pin. You can do it on the vehicle...
• Re: Needed: split pin for adjustable armrests
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 03:58:49 -0600
  I think the official name for them is "roll pin. To make sure you get the right american equivalent size, I'd find a...
• Re: disabling the damn oil buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Tim Leek
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:05:37 -0400
  ...The pins are grouped in sets of 2 > and 4. The tach pin is the outside end pin of the group of 4. > > Mark...
• Re: No Clock & No Temp Gauge?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Mar 2011 07:17:13 -0500
  ...Turn on the ignition, verify ten volts on the temp gauge pins. Back probe pin B7 (97.209, track 68) of the fuse-relay...
• Re: pink powder
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:40:42 -0700
  ...In defiance of all my years of experience, I inserted the end of this tool and squirted what turned out to be a pink...
• Re: Broken axle stub on '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dan Burgos
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 00:30:32 -0400
  ...The only thing left is that troublesome locating pin (dowel pin). I've been following the instructions in the Hayes manual and it mentioned...
• Re: Door hinges
  Historical mailing list - Tonks D
  Mon, 04 Mar 96 13:04:00 GMT
  ...What surprised me about the original pin is that it has a vertical channel drilled into the centre of the pin, into which fits...
• Re: Arm rest
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:19:32 -0700
  Get your tools out, pop the pin out and put the second screwback in. Then pop the pin back in. Madeline 15 Years of...
• &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 13 May 2005 22:20:13 -0500
  What's the secret to getting these things in and out (the circular wire clips that secure the wrist pins in the piston)? Any...
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:08:24 +0000
  I should've been a little more specific, these are the big slider "pins" that sit in the caliper carrier with the dust boot...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 17:04:00 -0700
  ...I was just looking at TT web site but didn't see that pin for the ABA. They do sell a new dizzy. For...
• Re: piston pin #1 removal question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:30:07 -0500
  > << After removal, clean the varnish off the wrist pin and its receptacle > with ordinary lighter fluid (naphtha) and it will easily fit back in...
• Re: Ebay vanagon: Sucker born every minute
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO)
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:32:44 -0400
  And just think, you could have had a pink Vanagon instead! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2491464572 Oh, no...
• Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 23:04:37 -0600
  ...Knock & Ping? > >Hi Folks, > >I have a new engine still in the break-in period, nearly to the 500 >mile oil change. > >I've...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:17:50 -0700
  ...That page shows which pin is #15 of that connector. Unplug that connector and look at that pin. Mark John Goubeaux wrote: > > I replaced...
• Re: VW Canada Rip Off
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 22 Sep 2000 18:27:28 -0700
  ...One Hundred Fourteen American Dollars for a PINT of paint! A direct result of environmental activism! Over $200 for one pint of color, one...
• Re: FYI: Rear Brake Hardware Kit
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:03:15 -0400
  Neil, et al I also had the same problem on an 87 syncro that had rusted pins the rusted pins caused a failure in...
• Temp II sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:06:34 -0500
  ...What I am calling pin 1 on cable leads to pin 7 on Ignition Control Module. Thank you very much in advance. John Lauterbach...
• tail light wiring symetry? 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:43:45 -0500
  ...it's pin 5 on the left, and pin 2 on the right. the only bentley I've got right now covers 80-83...
• '70 Clutch Cable Clevis Pin failed!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Apr 1996 20:31:40 -0700
  ...So tomorrow morning I'll order a new arm and clevis pin. And a spare clevis pin because the arm could be reversed, two...
• Re: burned out pin D15 ! switch to pin D23
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:31:52 -0700
  ...If small D15 burns out you can put a large pin in D23, splice > the black wire from D15 over to the new pin...
• Re: Shift linkage question 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:52:47 -0600
  MHO is to replace that Pin with a Bolt ~ Have done it on MoreThan1Occ' ~ Drop TheCup, Drive ThePin out & put a Bolt through from...
• Re: Anyone ever see a pinion shaft break just behind first gear?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 7 Aug 2016 10:48:06 -0700
  Wow, what engine was in that van? I've had a pinion gear tooth break off, but it was obviously a casting defect. Stuart...
• Re: Cleavis pin HELP (and adventure of t
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 23:25:56, -0500
  Brandy Smythes's story on clutch cable broken clevis pin reminded me of my preparation last summer for 10,000 mi trip when van...
• removing piston pins from 2.1L waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Deb Runyon
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:46:56 -0700
  I am having trouble removing the piston (wrist) pins on the flywheel side (cyclinders 1 and 3) of a 2.1 L waterboxer. Last...
• Re: Table leg hole?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 5 May 2021 09:02:00 -0700
  ...The added pin locks the table in certain set positions > > with the pin. He didn’t discuss rattle or other things. ] > > He gave some...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 10:54:57 -0700
  ...Marks on tape closest to pin >>>>>> marks. Working ext was middle leg, and finally left leg. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think, if I’ve rotated things in...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Diagnosing cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:19:34 -0600
  ...Fuse S1, 30A; 2.5mm BK to > thermoswitch pin 3; [short pin 3 to pin 2] ; 2.5 mm R/W to resistor pack...
• Re: adding a 2nd Battery; which relay terminal should I connect to?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:26:52 -0700
  ...Pin 30 is the output pin for the Westy fridge relay. You would want to piggy back on pin 30 to do what you...
• Resoldering PCB on Bosch ECU for 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:09:10 -0400
  ...As I understand, the critical points are where the pins from 25-pin connector is soldered to the PCB. Is this correct. The board...
• Re: Oil Checking My '86 Vanagon, the answer!
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:13:36 +0100
  As a rule of thumb, you need half quart (pint) to fill up from the lower notch to the top notch of the measure...
• Re: TIICO/OBD2 - Parts
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:38:04 -0700
  ...hope this helps Matthew "Cookson, Noel" wrote: > > I checked pin 16 and I had 12v. What pins do you use? I use 4, 7...
• ring and pinion question
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:07:55 -0500
  hi all is there a better ring and pinion to put into a 85 vanagon? the vanagon trans and the late 2s have the...