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• Code of conduct
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:41:19 -0800
  ...or stealing property I also think we should come up with a cool patch for our leather jackets, but that's another thread. Nathaniel
• Re: 85GL 1.9 Busted alternator mounting bracket stud ..2nd time in 2 years
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:13:42 -0700
  ...stud/bolt that go into the block hairs from the water > jackets :( > on the lower bracket under that alt : > realy not feeling good about...
• Re: G.E.A.R. Seat Covers - Smittybilt
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:20:49 -0600
  ...wrote: > It would be awesome if that came as a wearable jacket! > > On 02/13/2013 10:36 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: > > grunt, grr...
• Re: Removing head studs
  Historical mailing list - Cliff
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:05:17 -0600
  ...even on those that have broken WAY down in the water >jackets. Of course,you'll need to remove the cylinders and pistons for...
• Coolant Leak around Sensor in Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:41:39 PST
  ...gasket has been compromised, compression may be leaking into the water jacket and causing backpressure into the coolant tank, thus forcing the leak. I...
• Re: 1.9 Wasserboxer differences? (63 kW vs 66 kW)
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Mon, 25 May 2009 13:12:39 -0700
  ...Oh, and water jacket gaskets..and..and.. Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com 86 Syncro Westy Zetec in the trunk ----- Original...
• Transporter Needed
  Historical mailing list - George Mitchell
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:07:31 -0500
  ...Blown engines or blown water jacket gaskets ok. Anyone interested in a TDI engine conversion? Looking for a donor vehicle. Current concept would include...
• Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:53:46 -0400
  ...must be perfect - If above is OK, flat surface around outside of head where gasket/ water jacket sits: if flat, OK; if pitted, fill...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:21:24 -0400
  ...not the gaskets on the jacket. >> >> An suggestions or bets? As long as it's not the water jacket, I'll be >> happy. >> >> Roy
• Re: jb weld
  Historical mailing list - ChuckKuecker
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:22:05 -0600
  ...Backus > Cracks in heads only matter if they go all the way through a valve seat or to the water jacket, etc. JB Weld...
• Antifreeze smell in the Vanagon (Sorta)
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:10:58 -0400
  ...Can you say "Sticky Mess"!!! Yuck! Well I guess it is time for a clean up! Now I know why the Yellow Jackets love...
• Re: Roadhaus - Morro Bay, CA / Camping Info
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 16:46:30 -0500
  ...Make sure to wear lots of sunscreen and jacket even if it is hot when you start, weather can change quick on the coast...
• advice on tranny rebuild and water leak on 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:51:08 EDT
  ...Front the research I have done it appears the water jacket seal has failed. Supposedly the engine has been rebuilt but has no paperwork...
• Re: VDO Coolant Gauge Sender on a 2.1L....Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:55:17 -0700
  ...engine - then you could get a coolant reading in the water jacket that surrounds the cylinders? Two places I have thought of - don't...
• Re: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:49:22 -0500
  ...Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe > > >Anyone got one of those 90 degree elbow pieces that bolts to the right >hand water jacket and...
• Re: Tales from Europe and VW campers (part 7)
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:53:15 -0600
  ...I'd have to stuff the cannister inside my jacket to get it warm before making hot chocolate.... Anyway, propane for colder climates, butane...
• head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:54:36 -0500
  ...but it does not want to push back into the water jacket. I di dget the head off, but I think the jug passed...
• Re: Heads are off; now what?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:52:42 +0000
  ...The problem is that on the wbx, the water jacket and the head studs are in *just* the wrong place to allow you to...
• Re: List Bumper Sticker?
  Historical mailing list - Robert L. Armitage
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 08:35:51 -0500 (EST)
  ...as a patch or pin (to be worn on a motorcycle jacket) but grew practically into an industry! Pins. patches. Zippo (TM) lighters license...
• Re: leaking head gasket Question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:51:12 -0600
  ...and the rubber gasket that is between it and the water jacket when you are under the engine. (you will probably have to loosen...
• Re: NVC: Type 1 case -bURNINGvAN 2008
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:08:49 -0800
  ...Mike actually wears a leather jacket crafted from >> rare Himalayan ceramic frog foreskins. =) >> >> I only wish BV happened a week ago. I was cruising...
• Re: cabinet use
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Walters
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:24:32 -0400
  ...tent, small back pack w/survival gear, fannypack first aid kit, jacket, mosquito netting, vinyl shower stall > I - Back cab bug spray, sunscreen, lantern...
• Re: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe - GOT NEW ONES!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:13:39 -0400
  > Anyone got one of those 90 degree elbow pieces that bolts to > the right hand water jacket and connects via a short hose to...
• Re: Engine cuts/drops out while accellerating - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:30:59 -0700
  ...Its a common point for intermittent failure, right inside the insulating jacket. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:54 AM, James Ballen <jamosb78...
• Re: Friday rant: fabric stores and sewing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:40:05 -0800
  ...like $ 400 for a top end shell jacket. Also founded by the famous climber Yvon Chinaird and known for putting 10 % or something like...
• Re: Manual trans -- note to self:
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:46:50 -0500
  ...I'm chiefly bummed about the welding jacket which I'd forgotten I was wearing. Have to get it dry-cleaned I suppose. Beierl...
• Re: NEED HELP!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 23:31:37 EST
  ...I resolved not to leave the garage for any reason until either the sensor was out or the "Men-in-the-white-jackets" came...
• WBX Leak FIXED!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 17:08:15 -0300
  ...possiblity of at least a temporary fix to leaky head (wasser jacket) gaskets. The coolant had been dripping, increasingly to the point of making...
• Engine Misses
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:19:36 -0800
  Greetings, I've recently done a spark plug wire maintenance on my van and came across a design change in the spark plug jacket...
• Re: Baja Whale Trip....incredible
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sun, 7 Jan 2018 14:33:37 -0600
  ...feature=youtu.be >>> >>> FYI....I'm the guy in the blue jacket and blue baseball cap...I was >>> pretty talkative! >>> >>> All you've got...
• Re: What do you keep in your bus? [F]
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hooper
  Thu, 13 Mar 1997 23:25:34 -0600
  ...So there you oozers. ;) --.45 ACP and I don't care who knows it either. --Two children's slippers, one winter jacket, crayons, a...
• Re: Brake cables uneven/stretched?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:22:04 -0500
  The cables themselves rarely fail, but the sheath or outer jacket does. The sheath will rust or collapse changing the effective length or causing...
• Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:40:08 -0500
  ...Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system If you install a simple in line jacket water heater as is available at...
• Re: Another storage idea? (Westy oriented)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:41:44 -0800
  ...of the rear storage makes a nice place to hang a jacket. (I keep my now grubby fleece there for road side grubbyness, though...
• Re: The infamous leaking head gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 07:40:23 -0500 (EST)
  ...why? :) cold temps cause the alloy water jackets t shrink the same on each side, and I'd say your gaskets are both old...
• ebrake cable equalizer?'sPlastic water outlet ripoff
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:30:04 -0600
  ...The small water hose outlet on the rear of the #2 water jacket(maybe 1" in diameter and bends to the left, old ones...
• Re: More stuff on Coolant boiling over
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 02:31:03 -0600
  Is it possible that your head gasket is leaking combustion gases into the cooling jacket? Entity Chas Hoakanson spoke thus: > Need a little more...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:10:20 -0500
  ...a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap >>nuts inside the water jacket, and the two nuts on the outside?) The manual >>that I have...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:54:29 -0400
  ...So, I > cut away all of the outer water gasket and can slip a knife between the > head and the water jacket all the...
• Re: Super-technical question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Oct 1996 21:10:27 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Have you got the EXACT thermal coefficients of expansion for the jacket alloy, and the case too, and have you worked out the temperature...
• Re: Coolant Temp Indication
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  14 Nov 1995 08:48:04 -0800
  ...float, or via a temperature variable resistor (varistor) in the water jacket). The voltage regulator is the common item in both gauge circuits. Check...
• Re: Installing new defroster/heater fan INSTRUCTIONS
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:42:20 -0700
  ...Folks were all into sweatshirts and jackets I think one night it even went down to 68... of course being from NH, I don...
• Re: "Fall camping"
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:45:41 -0500
  ...Boots and jackets hang outside (under the awning), wet items get stashed out of the way in the front. With your little electric heater...
• Re: Some potentially stupid questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 09:29:19 -0700
  ...The tin and seal are part of a cooling system that was replaced by a water jacket and radiator. Mark '82 AC Westy On...
• OFF TOPIC: "syncro" usage
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:54:37 -0500
  ...There is a telephone system company that Intel recently bought, there are skis and jackets and, now, there is an architecture firm in Brooklyn...
• Re: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion:
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:15:11 -0800
  ...They are supposed to replace the water jacket drain plugs on each side of the case. Kinda pricey, but probably worth it. I may...
• Amish Inspired Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:23:22 -0800
  ...on one side, and with the use of dividors put you bedding and extra jackets and things on the other side... would be a...
• Re: DIY Head Gaskets, (Long) Please Check!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:51:58 -0400
  ...Look from above now and grabbing the water jacket do the same trick of pushing with your thumbs. What you want to do is...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:45:45 -0500
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes Oh by the way you have to rotate the piston until the pin lines up with the...
• Newest Version of Coolant leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 12:02:42 -0300
  ...Net result, the idiot had drilled THROUGH the jacket into the coolant chamber! This may be the only source of leaks in my system...
• Re: "Fall camping"
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:39:13 -0600
  ...Warm in your Westy home listening to the waves and walk > on a deserted beach. > Rubber boots, rain gear, a jacket, dry clothes, an...
• Re: Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:08:48 -0800
  ...Same as beetle. > 3) Famous Head/block water jacket gasket. Attached to both sides with Dirko S or "Right Stuff" > 4) Dirko S, for...
• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage-head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:49:13 -0400
  ...Evans coolant after showing them a photo of typical Vanagon water jacket seal corrosion, and asking if using their coolant would help: ".......we have...
• Re: Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:23:12 -0400
  ...There's a bundle of three wires in a single jacket attached to the relay, shown on the diagram: TO BATTERY + : Red, 2.5mm...
• Cat-agin Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:14:20 -0600
  ...I'm considering my delivery wardrobe, Lets see Motorcycle helmet with windscreen, heavy hunting jacket, knee high boots. For some strange reason I'm...
• Re: Callaway Vanagon quote And other words of wisdom!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 10 Nov 2013 20:00:11 -0800
  ...If you're referring to the water jacket seal, turbocharging has no effect on that. Cooling system pressure remains the same. Angus On Nov...
• Who's Next?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 22:13:15 -0600
  ...We had lots of Praying Mantis, Butterflies, Fire Flies, Lady Bugs, Pill Bugs, Hornets, Wasps, Yellow Jackets. I now live about five miles from...
• (F) I'm having too much fun - TOTAL vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:32:42 -0700
  ...does anyone know how to undo a straight jacket??? Malcolm __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo...
• Re: Repeat post: (was: # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes)
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:49:33 -0800
  ...None of the other seals seem to fail as famously as the water jacket rubber gasket. > > Thus, I suggest a quick and dirty solution...
• Re: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 06:23:05 EDT
  ...Anyone got one of those 90 degree elbow pieces that bolts to the right hand water jacket and connects via a short hose to...