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• Re: [T2] Colin Kellogg
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:38:38 -0800
  Yeah, check out http://itinerant-air-cooled.com a community of people who have somehow been connected to Colin through his Itinerary or at...
• air-cooled vanagons are cool
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 10:58:34 -0500
  My first Vanagon was an 81 air-cooled model that I drove for 12 years. During that time I replaced a head (dropped valve...
• Re: Mechanical tests for my spare air cooled engine?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:57:32 -0700
  ...Mechanical tests for my spare air cooled engine? > > Hi all. > > Aside from a compression test, measuring end play, (and of course > installing and running...
• Re: Thoughts on buying a 82 air-cooled westy?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:18:35 -0400
  ...Didn't you do an engine upgrade because you didn't like the Waterboxer? The air cooled is a huge step backward. At least...
• It's always something about oil
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:01:51 -0700
  ...The feeling is overall protection may be lost for air cooled engines experiencing high temperatures. While the reformulation may be more relevant to the...
• Re: air cooled eng convert.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:35:46 -0400
  ...air cooled eng convert. > While we are talking about Suby engines- anyone out there convert an air > cooled Vanagon to a water pumper? Common...
• Re: 1983 Air Cooled Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Tom & Phyllis
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:36:35 -0500
  ...Maybe I'm blinking but are any of you out there? Stan Wilder 1983 Westfalia Air Cooled<<<
• Re: Differences between 81 and 82 Air Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:57:39 -0800
  ...tim in san jose On 11/7/06, neil <goofymuso@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > Hi all. > > I may be purchasing a 82 air cooled Vanagon...
• Re: Friday - NVC - Air Cooled Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:45:51 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Friday - NVC - Air Cooled Question Who is Bonneville? Had to ask who because 36hp likely won't cut during speed week at...
• The 82 Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:06:45 -0500
  I asked for advice yesterday about the air-cooled '82. I asked what to look for in this engine. I went out today to...
• Need used power steering pump, cheap
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:43:09 -0500
  ...My parts cars are air cooled......perhaps a trade? I have a lot of air cooled stuff. Adam P 81 westy (3 of them...
• Q: Complete Front Door Window Seal KIts?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 18:04:25 -0500
  ...Both of our '81 air cooled Vanagons need new front window seals and tracks---age, heat and pollution have taken their toll. Questions: Is...
• What Fuel Octane? (Was: Engine RPMs???(not too long))
  Historical mailing list - Pokey
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 05:48:07 -0800
  Am I hurting my Air Cooled Running 97 Octane gas in it? I always fill up with Gold / Super / (Insert marketing term here) gas...
• Re: Interstate MTP-91 Battery Fits?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:19:05 -0700
  ...Nope. ;) > Does the air-cooled body have the starting battery on that side. Your > van is an air cooled converted to an inline 4...
• FWD: Re: [T2] Volkswagen, what are you trying to do?
  Historical mailing list - Flat Four
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:10:57 -0400
  ...Re: [T2] Volkswagen, what are you trying to do? Although this is an air cooled list (and you didn't even mention 1 VW...
• Re: Front Heater Core Retrofit (Save money!)
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:47:02 -0800
  ...Borrow someone's air-cooled van. Drive it around for a couple >weeks in the dead of winter. ----------------------------- My 83 Air Cooled Van will...
• Re: FS Waser Boxer to Air Cooled Conversion Kits
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:27:46 -0800
  ...air-cooled "P&P >mechanics". >"they readily adopt the dumb ass opinion that The WBX technology is >useless junk and the simplistic former air...
• looking for Kathy (?)/also FS: Bra for Aircooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:03:38 EDT
  ...Please pmail when you get this On an unrelated matter, if someone out there wants an air-cooled bra in very good condition, I...
• 1.9L cat/muffler/tailpipe in Federal air-cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:08:53 -0700
  ...Has anybody made the substitution of the 1.9L water-cooled catalytic converter, muffler and tailpipe for these items in a Federal air-cooled...
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Olson
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:34:09 -0600
  ...my 82 air-cooled engine >> (3rd!) with something else. >> >> As I see it, I have three alternatives: >> >> 1) Re-engineered air-cooled (bored out...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:17:54 -0600
  Some of the inherent Air Cooled problems have been addressed by VW in a tech bulletin noting http://www.dolphinsci.com/techbull.html that...
• Re: Anybody seen a chopped and shortened Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:21:03 -0700
  ...Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com> > wrote: > >> Air cooled Vanagon would be easier to convert...and the air cooled >> motor >> could probably handle the load...
• Re: Update: 81 Air-Cooled Vanagon Stalling at Warm Idle
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Sat, 1 May 1999 19:37:37 -0500
  ...81 Air-Cooled Vanagon Stalling at Warm Idle >Problem Solved: Simple Solution! > >Recap: I was experiencing a stalling problem when the engine was warm...
• Re: '80 vanagon camper for $5000 - is it worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:48:36 -0700
  ...I'd go air-cooled, 4-speed, with gas heater only. Keep looking until you find one of those. I don't have an...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 May 2003 23:54:34 -0700
  Stan, Air cooled owners are too busy working on their cars to read any list. ;) Steve ----------------- Clip ------------------------ Why are we continuing this? I been...
• Air cooled transmission in a Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:32:13 EDT
  ...Is it possible to put the Air cooled '83 transmission in the water-cooled 85? Would this rig bolt up without modification? Would the...
• FW: The strange transmission noise
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:30:00 -0600
  ...Are you running a air cooled or water > cooled trans? > Al > > jimt wrote: > Air cooled trannie with a subie engine. <almost all edu addresses...
• Re: What would you do
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 08:51:51 -0700
  ...There is a member going through an air-cooled conversion now, and I believe there is at least one running conversion. http://groups.yahoo...
• Re: Air vs Water
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:11:13 -0500
  ...First of all the air-cooled systems are way less complicated than the water systems. Making troubleshooting and self-repair much more feasible. The...
• Air Cooled 2.0 : High Hydrocarbon (smog) Parts Check?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:10:15 -0800
  ...Posted to the WW list as I bet there's Bay owners with the 2.0 air cooled engine. I'm viewing an air...
• Re: 15 degree VW I4 mount question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:13:12 -0700
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil Please send me your Vanagon/Westfalia links! http://vanagonlinks.googlepages.com/home On...
• A/c belt part number needed
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 14:36:54 -0400
  ...Any air-cooled vanagon that has this set up would have the part number............... I cannot find anything to work............so want to start...
• Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:00:04 -0600
  ...1987 Bay, with type IV air-cooled FI engine, solid lifters. Question: Valve setting .006 do these things ever get real quiet or should...
• Re: Mechanical tests for my spare air cooled engine?
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:33:47 -0600
  ...if there's anything > totally wrong with a given 2.0 air cooled engine? (like spun bearing > etc.) A leak down test is superior...
• Re: air-cooled vanagons are cool
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:23:42 -0400
  ...air-cooled vanagons are cool > My first Vanagon was an 81 air-cooled model that I drove for 12 years. > During that time I...
• A Freindly Wave
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 21:33:02 -0700
  At 10:47 PM 7/10/96 -0500, Tom Guptill wrote: >interested in what my air-cooled partners in crime have to say. Not...
• Warning - Avoid Fiberglass Wrapping Air Cooled Headers
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:57:11 -0500
  ...I have since learned that I am not the only one to experience this problem on an air-cooled VW. A local air-cooled...
• Re: Westy on CL Vancouver. $500
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:03:02 -0800
  ...yah she be air cooled, but I still have the air cooled I just pulled from my Westy. It runs well. If I had...
• WBX motor rather than ....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:18:38 -0700
  ...Is not the WBX similar (or vica/versa) with the WBX being an air cooled with water? Except Porsche gave up after a few...
• experience with Rubber Molded for engine insulation
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:18:15 -0700
  Hi , I have a 2l air-cooled and would like to optimized the thermal isolation of the my engine from the exhaust heat. Many...
• Re: air cooled rear hatch ...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 07:05:36 -0500
  ...johndillon.com> wrote: > still looking for the rear hatch for an air cooled vanagon … hopefully in > Ontario or close … anyone have such a creature...
• Re: Lost Oil Drain Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:11:43 -0400
  ...all over the roadside. > > My air-cooled buddy behind me did a temporary fix by using an air-cooled lug > nut to staunch the...
• Re: http://www.kalecoauto.com/pretty cool parts place
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:57:39 -0800
  I need this for my air cooled Westy: http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=28 I'm...
• Fwd: Air Cooled Heat
  Historical mailing list - Tom VandenBerg
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:15:13 EDT
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• Looking at Air-Cooled Westys
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Wed, 29 May 2002 01:37:49 -0700
  Hi Stan and other Air-cooled experts, I bought a pristine '89 Westy about a year ago and absolutely love it. My girlfriend and...
• Re: Air vs. Water - pro's and con's
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 01:56:12 -0400
  ...The original >concept was to power the Vanagon with an air-cooled eng. Emmissions >standards >in the US made this impossible, thusly the conversion...
• Re: [T2] 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:37:15 -0800
  ...Monday, December 20, 2004 7:52 AM Subject: [T2] 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where? > I'm helping a friend fix up...
• Re: Air cooled heater idea/questions
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 21:27:51 -0800
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > > > New Video! > > > > Dash board removal: > > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil/iWeb/Site%205/Movie.html...
• Re: Rebuild? was: Model/year recommandation
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:47:31 -0700
  ...porsches were air-cooled until not that long ago. no reason to believe the air-cooled vw engine won't go for a very...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:09:33 -0700
  ...I believe both the air cooled and diesel use the same older style transmission A pice of my air cooled front bracket on left...
• Relief valve parts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:22:40 EDT
  I was just getting my 80 air-cooled ready for winter and when I removed the oil filter and parts from the relief valve...
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 10:23:10 +0200
  I'm doing an air-cooled to AUDI 5 cyl. conversion. Not very difficult. A garage will do that for about $ 2000.00 without...
• thicker oil viscosity question
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:44:23 -0400
  ...the temperature reaches the 80-90's (82 air cooled engine)? Also is a thicker oil more appropriate for the air cooled engine? tim
• Aircooled starting problem---AFM???
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:22:54 -0500
  ...One of our '81 air cooleds is very hard to start. I turned the key to "start", and then manually moved the AFM sweep...
• Re: interesting air cooled rear engine would this fit my vanagon :)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:08:02 -0600
  No I don't and I don't know it I want a air cooled V8 engine. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com...
• Re: Power of a 2.0L Air cooled vs 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:00:37 -0700
  ...Power of a 2.0L Air cooled vs 2.1L??? > > > I just wonder? The vanagon is bigger than the Bus, less power > than the...
• Re: grounds: air cooled vs water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:43:56 -0500
  Hi jake, My air-cooled does not have this ground either, thought the PO changed out the engine and may have eliminated it. When...
• Help needed with AIR-COOLED parts identification
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 May 2010 08:56:24 -0400
  ...It may be in a different location in the air-cooleds. >#6 -- This is either an air-cooled or diesel or something I don...
• Re: who has air cooled timing scale?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:06:25 -0600
  ...who has air cooled timing scale? > Does anyone know where I can buy a timing scale for an 81 air cooled Vanagon engine? > > I...
• Electrical questions. Radiator fan circuit from 85 Vanagon into 81 air cooled Westy.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:04:05 -0800
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/