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Re: Help needed with engine running poorly
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:38:05 -0800
...So about when you engage 3rd gear to get going ..... Nothing and it loses power from there. Luckily I am in my driveway and...
Re: Westy karma (was Help wanted!!!! here we go again - power problems in Custer, SD
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:19:43 -0400
...First we went for a drive, and she was >as bad as ever. Started okay for the first few blocks, then got worse and...
Re: Difference in these 2 starter numbers? ( non-USA diesel models)
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:54:06 -0500
...I am guessing that maybe the second # is a gear drive > starter, as it was installed on 85 - on vans? If not, what might...
Re: knock Sensor, to run max timing, and optimize fuel grades used.
Historical mailing list - Fast Forward
Sat, 4 Nov 2000 10:45:24 -0800
...That's like 40 horsepower, geared to, well I don't the first gear ratio, but I can tell you I just pulled my...
'90 engine bucking & smog test (long)
Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
Mon, 10 Nov 1997 17:24:32 +0000
...There was no way I could drive in this rpm range, in any gear. The van really got pounded by this event with all...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Sun, 6 May 2007 01:49:07 -0700
...I >> got a new gasket set, new oil pump, certainly new bearings, new drive >> shafts/gears (distributor and cam). OK during spare times in...
Re: known Vanagon problems
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:06:16 -0400
...chatter > >> 23 - Early slide windows -- glued bearing pieces fall out > >> > >> Syncro------ > >> 1 - Drive shaft: vibration/balance problem > >> 2 - Transaxle: creeper gear trying to escape...
Re: Need some help.
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Tue, 20 Apr 1999 16:59:49 -0700
...When I slow > >down in third or fourth gear it will buck seems to be running lean, by > >putting in the clutch and then...
Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:53:31 -0700
...the bare spade connector on the side of the distributor ...not used these days. Originally was to ground out a metal cover that fit...
Trip Report Orlando - Asheville - Orlando
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Mon, 30 Dec 2002 08:58:51 -0800
...The drive up was uneventful, keeping the speed around 70 mph and the fuel mileage stayed between 19-20 mpg. When I got up...
Re: small car VW engine conversion
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:23:13 +1300
...distributor, who also happens to be a Subaru freak and a modifier of cars... And who, when I eventually get my a into gear...
Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
Historical mailing list - Scott
Mon, 9 May 2016 14:19:15 -1000
...you'll have a situation where you can't drive very smoothly at very low throttle openings . Ya don't want that either. on...
Re: Friday water pump fun!
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:23:50 -0800
...I even changed the head AND the distributor drive gear with the intermediate balance shaft held in place so I didn't have to...
Re: My Vanagon: Trouble in Paradise ?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 01:25:48 -0500
...Am I looking at potential problems? Is my distributor gears wearing out? Or my distrib. advance mechanism going spooky ? I did not remember this...
F/ Guns!?? I got your guns right here!! (vw-powered guns, that is...)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:23:29 -0500
...For the sake of simplicity the hydraulic pump is not engine driven but takes its drive from the specialist Getrag three-speed syncromesh gearbox...
'72 Camper (non-Westy) FS in Milwaukee
Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
20 Oct 96 20:15:15 EDT
...The layout in the rear continues with a rear-facing jumpseat behind the closet (behind the driver), low sink to the left of the...
Re: Electrical Fire in the Engine Bay
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:05:08 -0700
...I left it out of gear and pulled to a stop off the road. Then > I realized that with the ignition off, the engine...
1.9 runs better with 02 sensor disconnected-kinda long cause I need to ventialte
Historical mailing list - roger sisler
Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:48:02 -0800
...at the bottom of a steep hill and drive up in too low a gear. No valve clacking, so the timing it likes ,must...
Re: Electrical Fire in the Engine Bay
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:46:57 -0400
...For just a few minutes of local driving, it never got hot enough to do any damage, but today I took a long drive...
Re: Carb conversions?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:14:46 -0400
...After a long hard run, Hope you a manual trans so you can pop the clutch in gear and get it to stop Dieseling...
Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Sat, 1 Aug 2009 01:03:47 -0400
...My >> first test drive was in the end of May, so that's a ton of miles in a >> short >> time period. >> >> I drive...
Re: Some 'new van owner' rap (long)
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:56:54 -0700
...As far as the swivel seats go, bear in mind that the drivers seat will only swivel part way, because of the steering wheel...
Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:54:28 -0700
...looong ride in a diesel vanagon? The driver was going uphill > at 25 in 5th gear before he shifted down to 3rd or something...
Engine Reccommendations-type 2
Historical mailing list
Sun, 24 Sep 1995 22:11:05 -0700
...With the case empty, fit the distributor drive gear to the distributor and make sure it doesn't have too much end play. It...
Re: Engine Puzzlememt
Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
Sat, 23 Jun 2018 16:15:27 -0400
...Could also be something stuck on the crank gear > for the camshaft or distributor drive gear. Another possibility is that > one of the pins...
Re: Engine Puzzlememt
Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:47:52 -0400
...Could also be something stuck on the crank gear > for the camshaft or distributor drive gear. Another possibility is that > one of the pins...
Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:19:00 -0400
...Also, I've heard people talk about the ground wire that goes from the base of the distributor to the oil breather tower; there...
Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 06:24:06 -0600
...These distributors had no vacuum > advance and > generally showed pretty accurate centrifugal advance curve, with a > single > kink, where the stiffer of two springs...
Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:57:05 -0800
...deal with, and > since there's no distributor, a disc could be driven from the > distributor drive for cam position sensing. It even turns...
back from summer trip.
Historical mailing list - jesse lee reynolds
Wed, 24 Aug 1994 14:00:49 -0500 (EST)
...Decent power - never went into 1st gear for any mountain. The cabinets, bed, stove, and sink were great, but it was a bit crowded...
Re: 1985 Westy Vanagon shutters, dies, and then resurrects... help.
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:31:00 -0500
...I would also check the ground strap that is supposed to run from the firewall below the coil over to the driver's side...
Re: Electrical Fire in the Engine Bay
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:18:58 -0500
...I left it out of gear and pulled to a stop off the road. Then >> I realized that with the ignition off, the engine...
Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:48:40 -0700
...No need to remove the wire gizmo that locks the gear in place, just lift up the wire, move the gear, I THINK it...
Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
Historical mailing list - Scott
Mon, 9 May 2016 19:49:04 -1000
...The vacuum advance > works fine but the distributor does leak a little at the base seal. I > do oil the felt pad every other...
Re: Carb conversions?
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:09:46 -0400
...After a long hard run, Hope you a manual trans so you can pop the > clutch in gear and get it to stop Dieseling...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Sun, 6 May 2007 09:24:10 -0400
...I >>> got a new gasket set, new oil pump, certainly new bearings, new drive >>> shafts/gears (distributor and cam). OK during spare times in...
Re: Carb conversions?
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:01:13 -0700
...After a long hard run, Hope you a manual trans so you can pop the > clutch in gear and get it to stop Dieseling...
Some 'new van owner' rap (long)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:37:04 -0800
...Spent about a week traveling, racing and camping..two bike racers and two Chesepeke retrievers aboard with all our gear..The vanagon worked wonderfully...
Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:34:30 -0400
...Also, I've heard > people talk about the ground wire that goes from the base of the > distributor to the oil breather tower; there...
Re: [Syncro] Help needed with engine running poorly
Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:40:29 -0500
...So about when you engage 3rd gear to get going ..... Nothing and it loses power from there. Luckily I am in my driveway and...
Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!, LONG
Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
Thu, 7 Oct 1999 00:09:06 -0400
...I haven't taken it for a drive yet, but idling in the driveway, it appears to run steady. However, if I blip the...
What not to do when rebuilting a starter.
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:38:41 -0700
...Quick disassembly of starter. (In driveway this time; last time wife was unhappy about marring the kitchen table...) An inspection of starter shows that...
Re: Engine Replacement Options
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:24:31 -0500
...You've got to use about an 8 inch 3-saw puller to pull the cam gear and distributor gear off together to get...
Re: Valve cover oil leak..
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:52:19 -0600
...I rotate my distributor so the notch in the distributor rim is right in line with the rotor arm. #7. I adjust the first...
Gerbil engine replacement, part I
Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
Thu, 04 Jul 1996 12:30:52 -0600
...It looks like the answer is: - distributor and mounting bracket - fuel pump, drive rod, and mounting adaptor - generator and generator stand (includes oil filler...
Re: Weird running issue with 86 Vanagon , tried dozens of things
Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:27:18 -0700
...Didn't have to drive it even ..just idle a few minutes I know right where to focus next,. thanks , Scott On 8/14...
Re: Transmission Noise ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:26:50 -0800
...Have someone else drive so it's doing the noise.........and put your ear right on the shift knob...... or your listening stick. If...
another story: Africa by bus
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 05 Feb 95 22:19:47 CST
...To check the gearbox, I pay close attention to third gear jumping out. It is usually the first to go if the gearbox is...
'71 bus; engine in - RUNS!;thanks;intro
Historical mailing list - Mitch Covington
Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:11:58 -0400 (EDT)
...After the engine halves were mated, I put the distributor driveshaft in and the slot didn't line up exactly like the sketches in...
Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 6 Oct 2012 13:53:34 -0700
...When I called her to talk about what was going on with the van I said .. " I bet you drive this van 7 blocks...
road test: 1980/82 Vanagon (real long)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 11 Jan 95 14:56:49 CST
...4570 DRIVETRAIN Width ............... 72.6 ... 1844 Transmission .......... 4-sp manual Height .............. 77.2 ... 1960 Gear ratios: Ground Clearance ..... 8.5 .... 216 4th (0.88...
white clouds out of the exhaust
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:57:36 -0700
...Looking in the engine compartment I saw the airfilter box under the CIS fuel distributor had been mounted so that it was wearing a...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Sun, 6 May 2007 11:40:27 -0700
...I >>>> got a new gasket set, new oil pump, certainly new bearings, new drive >>>> shafts/gears (distributor and cam). OK during spare times in...
WD-40....Fact or Fiction?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:50:16 -0600
...Lubricates gear shift and mower deck lever for ease of handling on riding mowers. 22. Rids kids rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises...
Re: [Syncro] Help needed with engine running poorly
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:36:51 -0800
...So about when you engage 3rd gear to get going ..... Nothing and it loses power from there. Luckily I am in my driveway and...
Re: 87 Help AGAIN
Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:01:07 -0800
...Tried putting it > > in gear and going up and down driveway to see if it would fix itself > > like yesterday, but it wouldn't...
Re: Mystery starting issue 85 auto
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:32:03 -0500
...As the is paly in the distributor gear I find it usually works better to set it a bit retarded. The ECU has to...
Re: Help needed with engine running poorly
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:49:56 -0500
...So about when you engage 3rd gear to get going ..... Nothing and it loses power from there. Luckily I am in my driveway and...
Re: How To Choose YOUR Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:58:07 -0700
...I saw pistons, camshafts, distributor drive gears, etc. Water hoses up the Gazoo....If I can do this stuff on a $hoestring and in...
Re: Tune Up or Not?
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:59:08 -0500
Scott...I'm w/ya but kid can't drive a stick and he needs it this weekend. Wish he didn't cuz I...