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• Re: Vancafe "Factory" Vanagon Rear Speakers: Upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 10:24:18 -0800
  ...I think a number of companies do this size > incl pioneer, infinity and I think Polk but can remember. If you use > thesamba there...
• Re: [F] license plates
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:30:22 -0400
  ...The most obsure plate I saw on a Vanagon was, " DLZ 129", which >> as we all know was the registration number for the Hindenburg...
• MSDS (brush-guards, Porsche conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:26:19 -0600 (CST)
  ...Phone number for MSDS is (818) 453-8823. Usual disclaimers appply. My previous post was under a somewhat non-descriptive subject header ("CA trip...
• won't start
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 3 Jan 1999 14:07:14 -0700
  ...Unless there is a big >difference in brain transplant numbers 071-906-021 vs 071-906-021 B?? > >Any thoughts or insights would be...
• FS 84 GL
  Historical mailing list - jack
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:10:31 -0400
  ...The engine and the rest of the running gear are running great and it should be ready to drive home anywhere in the country...
• '87 Westie For Sale in NJ $10,500
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 23:34:42 EDT
  ...P-mail me and I'll give you the owners phone number. Thanks Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3:16
• Re: -Now Engine Conversion - doing your own soobie wire harness
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:01:22 -0400
  ...Even if I DID solder the 2000 (I don't know the real number) connections myself I don't see how that would help...
• Re: 1.9 Compression?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:42:39 -0500
  ...Check coolant tank (with blue cap) before you start the cold engine. Should be completely full up to the top. If it is not...
• Re: An engine transplant?
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:14:21 -0600
  ...An engine transplant: ? (subie alterntaive) long post. Just like to point out that THE PURPOSE of the SubaruVanagon Yahoo Group is to provide a...
• Re: Cold Starts
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:28:54 -0500
  ...Given the proper part number of the plug selected for the particular application, there will be a negligible increase in current rise in the...
• Re: Surging engine
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:04:01 -0700
  ...And not that you asked but...... ;) IF current engine fine otherwise, (good compression, no smoke/leaks etc.) consider changing from CIS engine management to...
• Re: Rookie Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:21:27 EST
  ...Having the engine in the rear is great for reducing engine noise, heat, and vibration in the pilot's seat (unlike your former van...
• Re: Riviera vs Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:53:27 -0500
  ...Yes there are a number of folks that have had success with these things but it is rare for these engines to actually wear...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Michael Norden
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:09:02 -0800
  ...engine is > > turning over 4000RPMs. > > Without a 5 speed, or a completely different tranny, > > wouldn't your top speed > > be limited by the number...
• Re: 1982 Air Cooled with compression 110, 110, 115, 115
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 1 May 2007 00:19:47 -0400
  ...got engine up to operating temp >> 2. removed all plugs >> 3. put in the compression tester >> 4. let the engine turn over about 4...
• Re: Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:23:04 -0400
  ...The 88-91 022D version does, as do the generic > Bosch replacements that have no VW part number. > > There are not that many fault...
• Re: Baldwin oil filters
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 21 Oct 2016 09:21:28 -0600
  ...Depending on how you look > things up you will get different filter numbers for the application. The > B243 is probably the best choice for...
• Re: WTB: Kenwood Stereo Face Plate.
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sat, 20 Dec 2014 13:53:42 -0800
  ...348U > > I'll pull the stereo to get the exact model number if anyone has a > face plate for sale. > > Anyone know if this...
• Re: Syncro Instrument Cluster: Analogue clock?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:55:59 -0700
  ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca > > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
• Volvo Turbo-Diesels/Vanagon conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 11:51:55 -0600
  ...I know of two engines that crapped out at 150,000 and 225,000 >miles. Mine has about 206,000 miles on it and...
• Re: NEED instrument cluster housing
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:45:57 -0400
  ...www.copartfinder.com is a used parts finder search engine. www.fastforward.ca said they've installed Golf Tachs in Vanagons. Or you could...
• Re: Unimog
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 16:05:34 -0800
  ...I spent a number of years working in the Sahara and would not spend > 5 minutes thinking about going back without a Unimog... Their...
• Re: '90 Vanagon: Hose leaking antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:33:42 -0700
  ...Hopefully there is nothing in your engine, short of the exhaust, that gets to that temp. Mark Rokus '87 GL Syncro Westy '87 GL...
• Re: FW: This is a serious message - *NOT*
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:18:29 EDT
  ...can't mention a city, state > or even country? No phone number to contact her at? > > And the "please forward this to everyone you...
• t-boned!
  Historical mailing list - kurt stoppkotte
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 01:41:57 -0400
  ...i did drive it away and it seemed to handle normally, but could the propane tank/lines, wheel, tire, frame, engine, or anything else...
• Re: Fuel Line leaks?/ Recall Expiration?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 05:37:27 EST
  ...Of the two NHTSA Campaign numbers which you cited, 92V058000 and 92V058001 only the former which applies to '90-'91 vans seems to be...
• Re: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:49:22 -0500
  ...a few of these units >glassbeaded and painted > >Bob Donalds >Boston Engine >1 508 358 6264 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: replacements for phosphate-free coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:54:24 -0500
  ...Running a water pump dry and even using plain water does a number on this seal. Also, when installing a new pump I like...
• Re: High Idle, Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabiliser Controller)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:08:37 -0500
  ...The throttle position switch is number one. This needs to be working and properly adjusted. The second is the power steering idle up switch...
• Re: total seal ring end gap on 95mm pistons?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 21:43:12 -0500
  Damon, you didn't mention what engine you are working on - Aircooled or WBX. Very curious about the use of the 95mm cylinder barrels...
• Re: More Diesel Coolant questions
  Historical mailing list - mwsnow
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:16:01 +0300
  ...Someone with an ETKA CD should be able to verify the part numbers. I have run with and without the level tank on '82...
• Re: Get engines??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Jan 2013 10:50:37 -0500
  ...rather than repair an engine. Then we also have the issue of even new parts quality. There were a number years where the AMC...
• Re: What is camping anyway?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:29:40 -0400
  ...That's the engineering version of "he has to be right." I have awful trouble getting shrinks to understand the difference since that's...
• Re: Infamous Big Green Resistor! Help!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:01:03 -0700
  ...The 284 E number you got is for the 2 speeds without A/C. The Bentley main wiring diagrams are wrong for your vehicle...
• Re: VW inline four-bangers
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:42:38 -0400
  ...I want to settle on one >engine, then work the heck out of it and generate some performance >numbers. You see, I have gone...
• Re: Bluestar project progress
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 1 May 2013 20:30:38 -0400
  ...The missing engine splash shields are not that important, like you figured they were intended to keep dirt and splash out of the engine...
• FS in Ontario: 2 Vanagon L's
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:09:43 -0500
  ...about 230 000 km, 60 000 km since engine rebuild. Good-looking factory paint, perfect grilles. No rear seat or bumper. NEW brakes (big...
• Re: sigh..... lifter adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:52:10 -0700
  ...a warm engine, or one that was run "last night" to > pump up the lifters. > > What is the recommended procedure/number of turns from...
• Re: Vacuum leak sources
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 16 May 2000 21:35:25 -0400
  Robert, do you have part numbers and sources for the hoses and fittings that are under vacuum? I have been hoping that our list...
• Re: Oil pump size differences? Boston Bob Customers?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:53:59 -0600
  ...Responses from 100 persons not building that engine are worth exactly nothing. References for a supplier or a product are a different story. I...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:40:56 -0800
  ...scratch, > and eventually got the engine running. Whooopie!! I don't know why there > was > little compression in number 1, and why it was...
• Re: Roadhaus - Need an Engine
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 5 May 2004 11:27:27 -0400
  ...Roadhaus - Need an Engine > C'mon, someone must have a good engine kicking about, with the tons of > conversions being done all around the...
• Re: Cooling system hose diagram
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:14:00 -0700
  ...there are small hoses in that area going to the bleed rail around the top of the engine compartment also. it's always risky...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:33:04 -0700
  Isn't it likely the problem is that the test was done on a cold engine? DRK, BTIWS - [Don't Really Know, But Thought...
• Re: 85 Vanagon with intermittent engine stopping
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 02:00:04 -0700
  ...It would sometimes grab and move the timing off causing the engine to quit. After a few minutes with the engine stopped (the time...
• Re: Vanagon Diesel oil pan drain plug needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:43:01 -0400
  ...ND Graphics graphics wrap) 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (Colleen's ride) Engine conversion blog: http://www.pottsfamily.ca/wordpress/ www.pottsfamily.ca BUSES OF...
• Re: 2.1l to TDI conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:17:43 -0800
  ...The engine is about half the cost though. It looks like this is gonna run me about $8000 without labor (but with tranny regearing...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:42:23 EST
  ...He also said that there was data from the last 200 key turns in the van somewhere (not sure on the number). I'm...
• Re: 130mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:46:26 -0800
  ...know >the guys down at Matrix Engineering and they would not make stories up about >dyno numbers. > >250 hp, but is incapable of reaching...
• Re: My Weekend On Skyline Drive, Virginia
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:22:16 -0700
  ...the post with the site number on it! I figured at that point he must be an engineer with VW, probably the guy who...
• Re: Check rods or just top end?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:17:29 -0400
  ...If the inside of the engine is clean, oil pressure and compression good, then a gasket set can buy a number of years. Yes...
• Re: replacing flex plate with flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 6 Dec 2023 15:53:57 -0500
  ...What is the story behind the engine change? Also, keep that flex plate as many of us with auto trans may need one in...
• Aux. air reg. update
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Sun, 3 May 1998 20:37:08 -0700
  ...The clamps on the port side of the engine leading from the carb/intake box, were not tight. The hoses seemed to be a...
• Gas Engine Limitations, Crazy Bostig guys WAS: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:46:16 -0400
  ...If you want turbo power and a gasoline engine start with a Subaru or VW Turbo engine - safety in numbers - easy access to tech...
• Re: Westy FS in Austin-But Ouch! Pricey.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:17:39 -0500
  ...engine, and the chassis has more like 205K miles. Just speaking from having looked at a lot of ads and a fair number of...
• Re: Wont idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 27 May 2009 10:56:54 -0400
  ...engine bay toward the front of the van. It is blue in color and has a blue plug going into it. The part number...
• Re: A Ford Westy/Vixen
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Soiney
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:06:31 -0600
  ...One model had a BMW diesel engine. If anyone has book marked the Vixen page please post the address so that we can take...
• Re: Anyone ever tried this on their vanagon??????????????
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:47:59 -0700
  ...They were really interested in any fuel savings seeing how they operate a number of internal combustion engines worldwide. But they ran three separate...
• Re: SURVEY - I need a metal fab. project
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:40:13 EDT
  ...The 215s I'm using (oh, btw, note I'm not possessing the numbers...I pluralizing them) look great. With a stock engine, I...
• Re: Vanagon vs Alternative Vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
  Tue, 25 May 2004 11:09:30 -0700
  ...Those numbers are competative with what most people report from >gasoline Vanagons. It had a 302 V-8, which still gives you quite a...