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• Volks Conversions rear-disc kits (Australia): AVOID!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 19:19:21 +1200
  ...I subsequently found out that John Sherman has no engineering qualifications, he is a motor mechanic. After talking to a number of other people...
• Re: Subaru Engines
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Thu, 27 May 2004 08:50:11 -0600
  ...they are bullit proof engines--as well as the turbo 2.0 WRX. main reason subaru made the 2.0 turbo WRX is because...
• Re: Empty Lifter
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:28:26 -0600
  ...A big clue is that all the adjusting screws should have about the same number of threads showing. If one is 2 or more...
• Re: how can you tell 4-speed vs. 5-speed apart outside of the van
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:52:20 -0700
  ...I remember turning the input shaft on the tranny (with the engine unbolted) and shifting the tranny with a pair of vice-grips on...
• Euro-Elec: UPDATE 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, idiot lights, oil light
  Historical mailing list - "Richard Meissenheimer (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 10:35:07 -0500
  ...to get at) Here are the numbers: at cold idle 60psi, increasing to 75 at higher engine speed. At hot idle 10psi, at 2000rpm...
• Re: Help! Problems on the road! Smoke! or something that smells like it, anyhow...
  Historical mailing list - Townsend, Michael D
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:06:47 -0500
  ...Phone number is 919-309-7898. He is one of the only Vanagon mechanics in the area that I know of. He is up...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:42:11 -0700
  re the mechanic tested the engine cold" This is very odd, if it's doing an emissions test. In all cases of emissions testing...
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:59:07 -0800
  ...The wire harness becomes brittle > So I have had number of issues with my wire harness recently & found a > younger harness > that is not...
• Re: 2.5 Liter 5 Cylinder "Volksie Bus"
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 15:29:37 +1000
  ...Not really the hallmarks of a "dog of an engine"....sure, nothing flash, but an understressed reliable engine that will last a very long...
• More stumbling from a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:22:14 -0500
  ...I started and idled it a number of times during the day, letting it cool between starts. The stumbling was gone. It sounded good...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:55:51 -0700
  ...I used on fo those black boxes you find in the engine compartment as an enclosure for the relay (actually had 2 relays in...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:57:26 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Thompson" <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:47:15 -0600
  ...By using a > > infrared gun they measure the temp at various location on the engine, bay > > and accessories. > > > > The inescapable data indicates that in...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 24 May 2014 10:34:21 -0700
  ...miles, auto tranny > > Recent compression test is 150, 145, 135, 70. Number one is 70. > So, two questions. > How long can I drive with...
• Re: Harbor Freight Circuit Tester was D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 9 Nov 2011 15:57:42 -0600
  ...automotive engineer? This has to be the most arcane bit of trivia we've stumbled upon yet, possibly eclipsing the registration number of the...
• Re: vanagon nose damage
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:10:52 +1200
  ...I've had a number of jobs done on our Toyota taxis, and they have ALL been slapdash; one has ruined the vehicle. Andrew...
• '84 Vanagon GL Fuel Rail Clamps
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL D LINCICOME
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:41:33 -0500
  Just bought a 1984 VW Vanagon GL with a 1.9L Wasserboxer EFI engine. Need help in locating a source for the clamps needed...
• Re: Remote starter switch
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:54:18 EDT
  ...caught in the moving pulleys, belts etc while cranking the engine. >> For the number of times that a remote starter switch is needed, I...
• Re: [Syncro] WTB: diesel Syncro gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 09:28:36 -0500
  ...Even if no one has one they want to part with do you have any details like part numbers, and what vehicle they are...
• Re: Intake Runners?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:27:20 -0400
  ...Intake Runners? Dear list, I started to take apart my engine and I need the runners for the intake manifold. This is the part...
• Re: Subject: HELP! Blackbeard Update-Not Good. reply
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:48:25 -0700
  ...with the additional value given the new (<75,000 mi.) engine, the > massive number of hours PLUS parts is just too much. > > Alright. > Never...
• Aux oil Cooler setup
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:28:41 -0700
  ...The remote filter was a ford and the engine lasted over 100k before the rebuild. The water cooled engine is the one tyhat's...
• Re: Engine Conversion and MPG
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 23:09:13 -0700
  ...Between those numbers we will call it a draw. This offer does not >apply to Diesel engined Vanagons. > >Mark > >David Ricketts wrote: >> >> I was...
• Re: Reality check? -- rebuild comparison
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:25:36 -0800
  ...Jeep block and (much) larger sales numbers of the engine. The local builder does VW I4 engines too, which are a few hundred more...
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:53:40 -0400
  How is the van parked? Is the engine kept overfilled? Some oil puddling is normal, especially with 3 piece rings. Many 2.1L engines...
• Re: Vanagon 1.9 Cat on Jetta 2.0 engine?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:40:25 -0700
  ...If you've done an engine swap that makes your > car > > > pollute less, what's the problem? > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5...
• Re: Where do I stick this?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:07:22 -0400
  Do you have an idea what the part number is? Is this engine a 1.9 or 2.1? Perhaps using ETKA the hose...
• Re: I4 engine/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 21:16:33 -0600
  I have been following this link with some interest because I've had persistent problems keeping the 4 rear engine mounts in my air...
• Re: Deeply Saddened and Troubled
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:46:07 -0800
  ...I routinely scan through each days > postings and open the increasingly limited number of technical posts and trip > reports. The remainder go quickly and...
• Re: Warming the engine
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 22:07:36 -0900
  ...9's engine - is there a flat area on somewhere on the > side or bottom of 2x4 inches? Then this little number might work...
• Re: Friday... english lessons...
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 17:20:24 -0800
  ...Then I joined the Air Force and found out how much money engineers make. tim - robotics engineer in san jose >From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew...
• Digijet ignition clarification Q
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:41:11 -0800
  ...1) when set to 5*BTDC, the idle was around 1100, and the engine would typically not drop right to that number... it would...
• Re: 2.1: Check rods or just top end?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:41:33 -0400
  ...engine to heat enough before recording oil pressures. To summarize: I never got any indication my oil pressure was a problem. My gauge numbers...
• Re: Engine Conversion marketing survey
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 2 May 2007 08:54:50 -0700
  ...It is very doable but the engines are expensive and not available > in > >> nearly large enough numbers to support 10 conversions a month. > >> > >> John...
• Re: 1982 Heater Cables for Climate Control - Part Number and Source
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:04:08 -0700
  ...certainty the part >> > > > >> numbers for 3 of the 5 climate control (heater) cables on a: 1982 >> > > > >> Vanagon, Left-hand drive, engine code CV (air...
• Re: Trip report
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 May 2023 22:10:21 +0000
  ...numbers, but yours sound close/familiar.  I will post my numbers as soon as I get them.  One thing I like is, once engine...
• Re: How do I check the archives?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:17:36 +0000
  ...ad nauseam, so if someone could simply show me the 'search' engine for this list, I'd appreciate it. The tire man, who comes...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - Barry Cotter
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 20:53:24 -0700
  ...Vanaru does great work! Lots of power, no loss of clearance, and a thoroughly modern engine from a wrecker we secured a 2.5l...
• Go Westy 3 window tent for sale
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:00:07 -0800
  ...I picked this up from a guy who blew an engine and got a new van and scrapped the old. I think it was...
• Re: Stainless Steel Exhaust for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:15:29 -0800
  There have been rumors of a full stainless Stebro exhaust for the various engines found in Vanagons. Last I knew, we were still waiting...
• Re: Source for Vacuum hoses/tubing?????
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:13:14 -0600
  ...the two elements making up the vacuum distribution > system in > the engine compartment of the air-cooled Vanagons are: > > N 020 353 5 which...
• Re: Coolant reservoir bottle the 85 gl 2wd type
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:57:04 -0500
  ...The invoice for the bottle from Kerr Automotive Imports lists the manufacturer for the bottle as being "VW," part number 025121403B. This parts supplier...
• Re: Diesel $$ RE: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:17:17 -0700
  ...run through the engines for a certain number of > hours - and it wasn't that many - after that - the engine fuels systems > and certain...
• Re: Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 23:05:46 -0600
  There are a number of different starters that were used on the 2WD. I think the one you want is a Bosch SR25X, 003911023EX...
• Re: I am a Vanagon addict (EBAY)
  Historical mailing list - onanov
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:30:22 -0600
  ...It gave me the excuse to replace the whole engine with a canadian remanufactured one that has performed flawlessly now nearly 80,000 miles...
• Gearing Fuel Economy and Performance
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 03:46:07 EST
  ...The numbers (for the 1.8L gas Digifant engine) are: For the 5.86 final drive and 185SR14 wheels – 10.0 kg/hr. For...
• Re: Last call for Factory 2.1 liter waterboxer engines....
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 12 May 2004 09:41:57 -0400
  > A friend of mine has 24 2.1 liter waterboxer engines straight > from south africa. He is selling them to vanagon.com list > members...
• Re: 2.1 conversion warning--and solution
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:14:58 -0700
  ...Oil is the engine's life blood! Dennis Haynes wrote: > > A number of people have upgraded their 1.9 engines for 2.1 and...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:59:47 -0800
  ...But I think a more important number is the rpm reached >> >>> (guessing 1100) and duration and how this is affected by >> >>> ambient/engine initial...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon GL tintop
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 13 Feb 2016 21:20:05 +0000
  ...With the > replacement ECU in place, the engine fired right up. However, there were > two immediate problems. > > The engine hunted up and down rapidly...
• Re: 1 - power; 2 - cooling; 3 - weekender
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:53:56 +0100
  ...You will get exactly as many opinions as the number of people you ask! I think the greater power of the water-cooled engines...
• Re: If You Have A Flat Spot in Acceleration...
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:44:13 +0000
  ...If this were a stick I'd expect to kill the > engine. Two of the best Vanagon mechanics I know of have both been...
• Re: Coolant going from expansion into refill tank and overflowing refill tank
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:32:49 -0500
  Does anyone have the part numbers for the green o-ring used on the cylinder head to liner seal and the flat metal seal...
• Re: Probably get this one for $2k
  Historical mailing list - David Higginbotham
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 05:38:31 -0400
  ...What is needed is some good diagnostics! Even on the air cooled engines I have changed a head with the engine in place. Unless...
• Re: V6 vanagon, with 4 speed auto tranny
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:53:27 -0700
  IIRC when Jim Akiba was explaining why he settled on the Zetec for their conversions, he had eliminated a number of engines based on...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:41:32 -0400
  ...number of turns. This is also used for applications where the fastener is being torqued to yield like some rod bolts. If the engine...
• Re: Baldwin oil filters
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:16:31 +0000
  ...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: Front Blinkers are super Dim
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:36:48 -0400
  What ground goes to the blinker? The relay is labeled number 21 and it looks like it's in really nice shape. Contacts are...
• Re: '87 Failed emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:09:53 -0800
  Richard, Post the actual figures so we can see real numbers. Was the van nicely warmed up when it was tested or did it...
• Fwd: Vanagon Turbo questions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 07:04:52 -0400
  ...Has anyone ever considered a turbo kit >> for the waterboxer engine? It seems to me that this would be a >> relatively easy instalation with...