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• Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Jan 2002 - Special issue (#2002-33)
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:39:56 EST
  George, On my '85, I removed a few screws and pulled the front vent piece from the A/C housing and was able to...
• Re: driping thermostat on an 85 Westie
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:27:38 -0600
  On the other hand, I had a hell of a time trying to get the thermostat housing past the exhaust and mounts. After much...
• Re: HUGE STASH of Rare Vanagon Goodies - MUST SEE!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 11:59:03 -0500
  ...The problem is that they fit ULO rather than HELLA housings, which are the same EXCEPT for the plastic clip that holds the lense...
• Re: Directional Signals
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Thu, 11 May 1995 09:46:04 -0400 (EDT)
  ...a big bead of it around the > back of the housing, let it set up and dry, then put the housing back on. > > > joel >
• Re: New oil pump not snug in case
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:35:22 -0300
  ...If the wear marks are on the top right side of the OEM housing then I reuse them. I have compared the pump housings...
• voltage reading at temp gauge sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:39:31 -0400
  Hey Folks Just installed a new thermostat housing, FI temp sensor and a Gauge temp sensor in the Syncro, along swapping in a different...
• Re: Diesel timing / borrow bell housing in SF?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:51:39 -0400
  Hi Paul, Why not simply unbolt the bell housing from the vanagon. It's only 6 or 7 bolts, IIRC. Just make sure you...
• Re: Heater housing/flappers/cables
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:08:53 -0600
  ...Heater housing/flappers/cables Vanagonites, I'm in need of some heater parts for my '82 AC. I've got the engine out and...
• voltage reading at the gauge temp sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:40:31 -0400
  Hey Folks Just installed a new thermostat housing, FI temp sensor and a Gauge temp sensor in the Syncro, along swapping in a different...
• Re: rebuilt tranny slipping out of 4th gear-revisited
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 12 Jul 1998 23:30:38 EDT
  ...Also, the supply of good used carrier housings with tight mainshaft bearing bores hasn't gotten so slim as to require a new one...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:44:45 -0500
  ...The lower thermostat housing would not clear the > exhaust manifold when I tried to remove it. I only needed a couple more > millimmeters to...
• Directional Signals
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Wed, 10 May 1995 09:43:28 -0400 (EDT)
  Has anyone had a problem with the front turn signal(amber) housings filling with water after a heavy rain? Ours has filled on several...
• leakey thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Patty Buckvold
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:41:38 -0500
  hi my name is vanagon joe and i live in minneapolis i have a 86 vanagon with a leakey thermostat housing wondering what to...
• Instrument Cluster Housing
  Historical mailing list - S.E. Booth
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 00:48:02 -0800
  I am looking for a black instrument cluster housing for a 1990 Vanagon. Mine has two of the plastic mounting tabs broken off so...
• Re: Diff lock in a 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:38:48 -0700
  I didn't do any housing mods, personally. Daryl at AA transaxle took care of all that. It's just a recycled housing from...
• Was: Clutch housing rebuild questions. Now: clutch housing info.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:04:45 -0400
  ...29-00 and what my VW parts guy figures, the driver side bushing for clutch housing is made of brass. Maybe you all knew...
• Re: Replacing thermostat on 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:27:07 -0500
  ...I can't get the bottom of the housing off with the water pump, > thermostat housing, and exhaust manafold installed. Am I doing something...
• Re: (1) Knocking CV's (2) Ignition Switch Housing
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:13:38 -0600
  On 26 Oct , 2023, at 10:18 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> >> (2) Replaced ignition switch housing with new because the steering...
• Busted ignition lock
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Mar 95 10:14:23 PST
  ...It won't engage the plastic electrical connector switch I took the steering wheel off and removed the metal housing that contains the lock...
• Oil Cooler Coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 22:46:01 -0400
  ...attached to the thermostat housing, replace it with one long coolant hose from the oil cooler to the thermostat housing. Hans Brouwer Cumberland, Ontario...
• Re: Rear trailing arm/wheel hubs/bearing housing same for all years?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:09:29 -0800
  ...The bearing > housing is 251 501 253 and the hub is 251 501 619. Same for both > years. > > -- > John Meeks > > '91 Multivan, '85 GL...
• Re: Exterior light bulb types
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:38:00 -0600
  ...ones all > work, or will they melt housings? They did begin melting my tail light housings. I relegate "brighter" bulbs to brakes and back...
• Leak Under Steering Column
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:48:21 -0700
  I have a very slow drip of something oily from the plastic housing under the steering column of my '84 Wolfsburg Westy. That can...
• Re: Bell housing contamination prevention
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:46:26 -0400
  ...wrote: >After carefully cleaning all the "blast media" which entered into my Bell >housing, causing the failure of my flywheel seal, and I am...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems-Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 3 May 2013 08:59:14 -0400
  ...It clips into the plastic thermostat housing and there is also another model that screws into the metal thermostat housing which is what I...
• Re: thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 29 May 2008 06:28:30 -0700
  if they give you any trouble, just cut the heads off with a disc and use a stud puller after removing the housing and...
• Re: removing the fan housing, engine in car?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:00:49 -0800 (PST)
  ...It makes removing the gen/alt and fan housing a lot easier. I have removed an alt out of a '65 type 2 but...
• ignition lock installation
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:39:01 +0000
  ...If you want to send the housing and the new lock, I'll be glad to look at it, but it does sound as...
• Re: Reversing Lamps - Rear fog Lamps
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 18:57:35 -0600
  ...Adding a 55W bulb will just melt the el-cheepo very >expensive housings sooo... Do you drive backwards? :-) I can't believe that even...
• Diesel timing / borrow bell housing in SF?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:11:25 -0700
  ...have a spare diesel bellhousing I can borrow for a couple days? Or will a Jetta/Golf gas bell housing have any useful marks?
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 May 2013 23:54:43 -0400
  ...This sender screws into the housing. >> >> The van is an '89 2wd and presumably it had a PLASTIC thermostat housing on the original engine...
• Ignition Switch Housing Removal
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 9 Dec 2012 19:23:54 -0600
  ...Everything removed right down to the housing - nothing left to do but pull the housing itself - and it will not budge. Prol'ly never...
• Cooling System Project (Parts/Application)
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:22:38 -0700
  ...BTW who was the OEM? Thermostat housing: What's the best German brand or OE upper and lower thermostat housings available, Behr? Mines cracked...
• Cracked Bell Housing with video
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:10:58 -0400
  Does anyone have a heavy duty aluminum bell housing I can buy? Weddle and GoWesty are out of stock. Has anyone seen this type...
• Looking for good used upper and lower thermostat housing for 1.9l Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:09:13 -0400
  I am in need of a nice upper and lower thermostat housing for a 1.9l Vanagon. Actually I have a few of the...
• Heater housing/flappers/cables
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:37:52 -0700
  ...I've got a broken cable, flappers in poor condition and housing that's pretty beat up and leaky. Anybody out there that can...
• Re: a/c ducting - Cracked Evaporator Housing
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:25:50 -0500
  ...I don't think dealer will do the evaporator plastic-housing fix for free. It's not under any recalls. Like I said VW...
• Parts availability
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sun, 14 Jul 2019 20:21:18 -0400
  ...Plastic housing (and clear lens and screws) looked like new. Must have been replaced at some point in their life. On the other housing...
• Instrument Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:46:17 -0700
  Good Day Fellow Listers, A recent bout of "replace the clutch master cylinder" has resulted in an instrument housing which qualifies as terminal. The...
• Re: Thermostat and other things???
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 6 Dec 94 10:34:55 PST
  ...It then attaches to a horizontal shaft which runs the width of the engine at the top of the fan housing. You can't...
• Re: Rusting Transmission Housing
  Historical mailing list - Brien K Dews
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:06:37 -0500
  ...Rusting Transmission Housing > Rust is Indiana's State Color! > > Pete > '87 Westy > "Joe's Van" > > > > Don in Arizona - what's rust again???? :-) >
• Underside of tranmission housing glazing.
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Woo Kim
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:32:45 -0700
  The underside of the manual transmission and the bell housing on my 87 Westy is completely coated with shiny and thick black stuff. It...
• How to install Wiper Shaft
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:14:01 -0700
  ...Have new wiper shaft assemblies (housing + shaft) to install. The two pegs on housing look like they need to be compressed once in place...
• sudden clutch failures
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 16 May 2006 10:29:10 -0700
  The stock linkage parts inside the housing wear out but I have not seen one break suddenly. There are some poorly made aftermarket clutch...
• Re: Suggestions for heater housing repair product needed
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 13:08:23 EST
  ...I need to make some repairs to my black plastic heater housing and I > don't know what product is appropriate. Basically some of...
• Re: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 20:31:10 EST
  ...the housing (the WHOLE pump) is the part that wears. It's the BACK of the pump, the aluminum part on the block, NOT...
• Re: Fuse for light for gear identification?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 07:03:15 -0500
  ...if they still light up, >it's the bulb inside the shifter housing. yes, there is >a bulb in there. kinda hard to get...
• Re: Clutch housing bushing ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 06:42:13 -0400
  ...However it should be a tight fit in the clutch housing. Heat or impact some how knocked it loose and the housing is now...
• Re: For those working on the WBX out of the car
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 23:30:51 -0400
  ...The best > engine stand I've found is a standard American floor stand with a VW > bell housing bolted to the plate. With the...
• Re: To Add Insult To Injury
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:54:58 -0500
  ...Repair involved removing the motor from the housing, cleanup with multiple changes of Marvel Mystery Oil and bench running, oiling of bearings and bearing...
• Re: Starter Saga was: 1982 Diesel Intermittent Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:59:05 EDT
  ...The two bolts also seem to be a close >fit >through the starter housing holes. Is there a further locator in the >bell >housing...
• Re: license plate lights
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 21:52:47 -0500
  Hi William, The complete license plate light unit (black plastic housing and lens) can be wiggled straight off, at least on my 86 Westfalia...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:37:35 -0400
  ...On the 2.1l non-Syncro the thermostat housing is right up forward; the two senders look identical and mount identically into the housing...
• Re: Rusting Transmission Housing
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:57:18 -0500
  ...You'd be getting white > curd if the tranny housing is oxidizing. I would just wire brush the tranny > case and paint it with...
• Question: bleeder on thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 07:41:06 EDT
  my '88 has a "bleeder screw" which is a knob on top of the thermo housing. In the Bentley book, it says to open...
• Re: K&N filters
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:57:17 -0500
  ...lately. > Does this filter just drop into the current housing or does the housing have > to be modified or replaced? Mark, Just drops in...
• Re: omni engine...
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 23:08:47 -0800
  The bell housing on the Vanagon diesel is different. It allows the engine to mount at a 50 (or is it 45?) degree angle...
• Re: In the clutch of tragedy Help! (questions)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 25 Jul 1997 18:00:30 -0700
  ...Rotate the release lever up and slide it to the left side of the transmission housing. The rubber bushing housing and bushings will pop...
• Small tranny leak in front end
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:07:49 -0600
  ...It is comming from where, according to the description in the Bentley manual, the "output housing" meets the "low gear housing" or inotherwords , not...
• Re: '84 Vanagon Coolant Crossover Pipe seal
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:24:47 EST
  ...Getting the pipe out is a real feat of flexibility, the thermostat housing is not much better. I clean the lip end of the...