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  • Re: 1980 Thermostat
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:28:04 -0500
    ...I've found that in Texas 100 degree summer days the full flow over the oil cooler is the cooler running engine with higher...
  • Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:59:23 -0600
    ...The Trannies and Engines go, but I wonder if there is much demand for the shafts. They don't get used up like engines...
  • Re: Tire Side wall info request
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:16:42 -0800
    Eric, Search engines are your friend. https://www.lesschwab.com/article/tires/tire-size-explained-reading-the-sidewall.html https://www.caranddriver.com/features...
  • Re: 1985?Westy for Sale in Merrillville, Indiana
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:37:24 -0700
    ...Wolf's phone number is: >> �(219) 942-0576. >> >> See pics here: >> >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#album/pnoceanwesty/5623341380404995553 >> >> Sent from my iPhone...
  • Re: "99" Programmable Wiper Relay Into an '81?
    Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
    Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:30:16 -0700
    What year vanagons had these? what is the part number on the relay? Thanks, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> To...
  • need info on plastic oil filler on diesel
    Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
    Mon, 1 Mar 1999 20:09:26 -0800
    ...This is the tube and cap behind the rear license plate which extends down to the right side of the engine just above the...
  • Weddle Engineering (Was: So you want to go to a 094 five speed... )
    Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
    Wed, 9 Feb 2000 13:19:17 -0800
    ...Also, their website is www.2weddle.com and their phone number is listed there. They are in California (Goleta I think). I have one...
  • Re: 91(bus) dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:55:39 -0800
    ...Hole number 4 is connected to the ignition switch contact that turns on the ignition coil and ECU. Connect a voltmeter probe between hole...
  • Re: Light buzzer
    Historical mailing list - The Shaws
    Mon, 7 Mar 2005 17:37:13 -0800
    ...turn off thee engine (same post). There was also a follow up post with a correction to the correct number relay. I can forward...
  • Re: Passed emissions- interpretting data
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:56:31 -0700
    ...For the stoicometry (sp?) folks out there, here are the numbers: HC= 0.70(1.60 limit) CO= 4.39 (40.00 limit) NOx...
  • Re: Fryeday Content.. some GM trivia and news on the VOLT (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
    Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:55:12 -0400
    ...They built a number of them for the Parade of Progress- replete with fold-out, electromechanical dioramas. A few were renovated in the mid...
  • Re: What do you call this piece???
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:34:19 -0500
    ...the fuel line on either side of the engine bay? > Does anyone have a part number or appropiate name? > pic for reference: > http://i6...
  • Re: Oil filter & armrest questions
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:39:00 -0700
    ...While they do appear to be better built, (thicker can), oil testing > has shown on a number of engines that their actual filtering efficiency...
  • Re: Ill start from the beginning (longish)
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
    Wed, 6 Sep 2000 16:04:09 -0500
    ...can i get this engine fixed? $$$??? 2. should I just replace it? $$$$?? 3. what about a Subaru swap??? $$$$??? THANX EVERYONE! Matt Stuart MacMillan wrote...
  • Re: Advice on TD engine problem
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 21 May 2015 17:58:52 -0400
    ...Advice on TD engine problem Progress!! Put the engine back together yesterday, and installed the oil filter flange without the check valve. Just by...
  • Re: Pesky Vanagon exhaust system.....
    Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
    Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:07:05 -0700
    ...Pesky Vanagon exhaust system..... > > >> Any exhaust system experts have any advice to offer? I just installed a >> new 2.1 engine in a 90...
  • Re: interference engines.....was Re: How much would this cost
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:48:37 -0800
    A completely stock 2.0 ABA engine is an interference engine. Confirmed this with a life long VW tech and have seen the results...
  • Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:14:26 -0800
    ...One of these days I'll reverse engineer one of those. Anyone have a dead one they want to send me? What confuses me...
  • Re: Friday OT...automatic trannys and driving habits observed
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:17:44 -0500
    ...We know and can recite our engines serial number on demand. We not only know horsepower but torque. We will give you the data...
  • I have a dificult one (Very thecnical/Aircooled) NVCBBC
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:10:13 -0500
    ...sure of those number????) Anyway, to make a very long story short, wile i was almost done with this engine, it was time to...
  • Re: Help-crazy bouncing idle
    Historical mailing list - john
    Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:44:33 -0400
    ...I had similar problem a number of years ago on my '64 1.8, and a new throttle body solved it immediately. John On...
  • Need "obsolete" and rare bleeder for 83.5
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
    Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:32:17 EDT
    Hello all-- I need a bleeder valve, part number 025 121 421A. It's for my 83.5 1.9 liter Westy. I don...
  • Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ??
    Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
    Fri, 15 Jun 2001 07:58:15 -0700
    ...wbx > with > > >an inline-4 VW engine. Does anyone out there in Vanagoland know the > VW part > > >numbers which apply to a conversion kit...
  • Re: '99 SA Vanagon pics
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:33:03 -0700
    ...While the inline 4 and 5 cylinder engines could meet this last with little effort by VW, it is highly unlikely (due to expense...
  • Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
    Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
    Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:41:36 -0700
    ...be useful to diagnose a number of > glow plug problems." > > IIRC, the Bentley specifies that--assuming a cold > engine--the glow plugs should continue...
  • Re: Rad Fan Bearing (bushing?) Question. With pics.
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:51:35 -0800
    ...And there was a grease pen number on the shroud. Maybe PO got it from a wrecker. It works fine on both speeds when...
  • Re: Switching Engines
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:03:51 EST
    ...His number is 1-800-VANAGON. Tech line 1-910-547-0144. That's all I know. Let me/us know what you find...
  • Re: specs for the 3 roll pins and six bolts for the clutch
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 31 May 2012 19:23:32 -0400
    The pin is 6mm X 18mm, part number N90010002. The bolts for the pressure plate are M8 X 16 X 1.25. N0102935. If...
  • Re: My New Ride
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:19:53 -0700
    ...And there was a late model year Syncro Westy with a diesel engine low miles there too. It was a white one with Mercedes...
  • Re: a/c
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:10:30 -0400
    ...The Advance auto hose dosent use numbers on the gauge. Only three colors,instead.Charge the system up till the needle is in the...
  • Re rockin' new magnaflow - pn 12636
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:52:33 -0700
    ...one person > wanted a part number. it is a #12636: 6" round with 2.5" inlets. > it is > engine mounted with a clever quick...
  • Re: VW is #1 - NVC
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:36:15 -0400
    ...Engine Conversion FAQ - http://www.hasenwerk.ca/faq On Fri, July 11, 2008 12:17, Jeff @ Autostadt West wrote: > > Well, VW is rank number...
  • Re: 3.2L waterboxer, and 2.6L 5cyl in vw van
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 2 May 2002 18:21:15 EDT
    ...they also offer a 3.2 boxer engine for the Microbus. > > > > There are quite a number of odd things over here, especially the > > so...
  • Re: Update: Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:20:59 -0400
    ...There's a list of these > numbers in the index page before diagram pages. > > In the Westy, the main ground for the ECU is...
  • Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Sun, 3 Jan 2016 09:42:46 -0800
    ...Just put it under the engine and > let it do its thing. The closer the lamp is to the engine the better but > heat...
  • Re: Billy Bones' never ending story
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Sat, 13 Mar 2004 03:50:37 -0500
    ...It's now 11 pm in central Oklahoma, and >scotch number two combined with a semi-churchwarden full of IQ-140 is finally having...
  • Re: In the Dog House
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
    Sun, 12 Oct 1997 13:01:36 -0700
    ...Our engines look like Beetle engines stripped of their duct-work. I'd suspect that there are about the same number of parts altogether...
  • 1991 Carat for Sale
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:44:27 -0700
    ...number). I've driven from California to Miami and from there to Philadelphia. I was going to put in one of Boston Bobs engines...
  • Weddle Engineering, Locking Differentials, & Syncros
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 13 Sep 1996 19:40:15 -0400
    ...Their phone number is: (310) 310-598-2731 Their mailing address is Weddle Engineering P.O. Box 15466 Long Beach, CA 90815 They specialize...
  • Re: Digest Number 2372
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:58:11 -0700
    ...Digest Number 2372 It's a fizzix thing. If you consider that you need Y amount of retarding force at the pavement to slow...
  • Re: [DIESEL] Turbo drainage to pan (Vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:47:00 -0700
    ...This is a concern with all turbocharged engines, and the universal precaution is to allow the engine to idle for a few minutes until...
  • Bellhousing AUDI 5 Cyl. to Vanagon Trann
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 30 Oct 1996 13:42:59 +0100
    ...7bit Dear Helmut With regards to your query, I forwarded your e-mail to our Product Engineering Department and they sent me the following...
  • Re: Engine oil change interval (VW content...)
    Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
    Tue, 8 Feb 2000 11:14:29 -0500
    ...They achieve similar numbers to BMW, city drivers change around 10,000 miles and mostly highway drivers the computer tells them around 18,000...
  • Re: Part search request for assistance, 81 - 83 air coolled Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
    Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:49:55 -0800
    ...As for the other stuff, I have some stuff and you also need to call Angel - 214-271-3643 Also, email me your number...
  • Re: Idle Surge
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:05:05 -0400
    ...Say more about "that annoying idle surge"? If your closed-throttle switch doesn't open properly on a 1.9l the engine will stop...
  • Re: PS: leaking gas when engine is on
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:46:57 -0800
    ...If it's in the engine compartment, number one place to look is behind the right firewall, behind the plastic fitting where the plastic...
  • Re: Puzzling valves...
    Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
    Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:24:00 -0800
    ...Check the serial number on the case against the Muir book to find out the year of your engine and then find out what...
  • Re: Engine Conversion marketing survey
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Thu, 3 May 2007 08:52:45 -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: Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:28:30 -0700
    ...The higher the miles are, the more worn and loose the engine is, the less it matters to have a low first number multi...
  • Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:54:26 -0800
    ...Engines one thing no one has considered about aircooled engines is air conditioning, something that car buyers began to demand in increasing numbers back...
  • Re: Engine stops, then restarts itself ... sometimes
    Historical mailing list - zolo
    Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:33:23 -0700
    ...sometimes > Help! > > '87 Westy 192,000 miles, and climbing > > Engine is running. Engine stops running, like the ignition switch is > turned off. All electrical...
  • Re: Cold Air Intake
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:52:53 -0500
    ...On my first > long > > > > trip I kept careful numbers on gas mileage. at the midpoint of the > trip, > > > > at about 1,300 miles, I...
  • Re: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:11:58 -0800
    ...It and resistor symbol are "behind" the numbers. Neil. On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 7:02 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote...
  • Tires - Yokohama Y370 195R14 - Progress Report
    Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
    Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:56:55 -0400
    ...We experienced lots of van motion; but don't have any wind-speed numbers to quantify the challenge. Sure seemed windy, wha! Would like...
  • Re: 2.1 Exhaust. P. 26.9 Bentley: "5 Diaphragm Springs" ?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 11 May 2012 18:36:52 -0700
    ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Faucet Fun, window sliders, & cupholders - '91 Westfalia
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 09 Jun 1997 10:53 -0600 (MDT)
    ...Turning off the engine, noticed the sound of a pump running, but nothing coming out of the faucet still. Manipulated the knob, and got...
  • Re: fuel injection recall
    Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
    Sat, 21 Mar 1998 09:31:46 -0700
    ...go to your authorized VW dealer, and give them the > vin number of your van and recall notice code name "RV" to check if...
  • AW: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Fri, 16 Aug 2002 23:42:55 -0700
    Part number 068 911 023 M Vanagon Diesel Starter. After removing the starter try to run it off a battery- it could be something...
  • Top Overhauls
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:18:01 -0600
    ...in the operation where the engine was being used, one could do this top overhaul at the specified numbers of hours of operating time...
  • Re: oil filter question
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:07:45 -0400
    ...engine does not. This is the difference > between the two filters. Almost all aftermarket filters have the bypass > valve so the same number is...